Do US smokers really know the risks? Research from Australia, Canada and Mexico shows that there are better ways to warn…
Mirzakhani blazed to the top of her field due to her talent. But who she was and where she came from also make her a role…
Vigilante Hindu groups in India have lynched several people for eating beef. A scholar traces the history of beef-eating…
Many academic medical centers are facing increasing financial pressure as insurers create so-called narrow networks, but…
According to a new UN report, more than two billion people around the world do not have access to clean, safe water in their…
Those on the receiving end of Jeff Sessions' 'tough on crime' policies are speaking out from behind bars.
Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.
There's little research into origins of the geographic patterns of language diversity. A new model exploring processes…
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode…
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
Are all people entitled to live in a clean and healthy environment? A legal scholar says yes, and argues for using this…
The founder of the West Virginia Dialect Project hopes to debunk some of the myths about the way Appalachian people speak…
Europe's approach to antitrust enforcement picks up where the US left off in the 1980s, when the view that breaking…
The latest Senate health care bill is still a hodgepodge of efforts to repeal Obamacare, critics say. One of their concerns…
Yes, American politics is getting uglier. Here's why.
Most Americans cling to things with sentimental value that we no longer need. Taking pictures of these possessions may make…
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church requires nearly absolute obedience. This makes it difficult to speak up against superiors.…
A recent Pew survey reported that young African-Americans are more likely to be both victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying.…
Research shows that bringing nature indoors, in the form of movement created by light, wind and water, makes occupants calmer…
Since the 1990s, the supply of deeply subsidized housing has decreased as the US population and need for housing have increased.…