Pharmaceutical companies focus on small molecules they've devised – and can easily patent. But nature's already…
The Trump administration's push for 'energy dominance' could spur a new wave of domestic uranium production.…
Despite good intentions, efforts to hold colleges and universities accountable often miss the mark. The reasons why range…
The Department of Justice wants to add a citizenship question to the next census. That could mess up the Census Bureau's…
After Columbine, teens weren't taking to the streets to call for more gun regulations. So what's changed?
According to a photojournalism expert, there can be a relationship between exposure to grisly images and activism. But there…
College students may think they are living a fit life, but a recent study adds to growing research that suggests that many…
In the 1950s, religious language found its way into government and politics, due in no small part to Billy Graham.
An education professor, who worked as a teacher in Atlanta Public Schools during a cheating scandal that began in 2009,…
Nuclear power provides 60 percent of US carbon-free electricity generation, but existing plants are aging and only one is…
Research is the foundation for evidence-based policies. But because of funding prohibitions, there's little US research…
An ultra-safe industry has important experience that could help a vulnerable new industry improve its safety.
It was long thought that humans everywhere favor pointing with the index finger. But some fieldwork out of Papua New Guinea…
The idea that the US is historically a free trading country is a myth. Here's why that's a good thing.
They don't all support the same strategies for coping with it, but US mayors increasingly see climate change as a pressing…
While parents are growing more concerned about their children's easy access to porn, they often don't realize just…
At least half of campus sexual assaults involve alcohol. But prevention programs at US colleges and universities don’t…