Horrific mass shootings in the US typically renew the national debate about gun policy. A gun researcher explains the lack…
Micro-targeted online advertising has destroyed how Americans share experiences and a common knowledge base. The fix for…
TV commercials continue to traffic in outmoded gender roles, relegating women to the home. A media scholar explains how…
After decades of continuous growth, participation rates have started to decline. What does it mean for the future of the…
In the 19th century, Russian intellectuals launched a search for historical evidence of their moral and military superiority.…
Videos and other material from the '80s and '90s remind us that harassment isn't about sex so much as discrimination,…
Dropping old, bad habits is hard, but starting new, good ones may not be so difficult. Or so a recent study suggests. Read…
Surveys of Iranian public opinion from the University of Maryland suggests that Trump's strategy on the nuclear deal…
According to the UN, world hunger is rising for the first time in 15 years. The answer is not only growing more food, but…
Another student has died due to hazing. Research shows that there has been at least one such death in the US since 1954…
Public-facing feminism can often be a superficial distraction from systemic sexism.
Offering money as a form of atonement is easier for the movie mogul than finding someone who will accept it.
How many healthy years of life do you have ahead before you become unhealthy – and then die? One model tries to find the…
Con el vice en la carcel y el presidente rompiendo con el legado del carismático y popular ex mandatorio Rafael Correa,…
Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, has been flirting with conservatives. Beyond irking his base, it has also lead to…
Watching how people play a game against a computer opponent can help identify how humans use – or don't use – game…
Wildfires in California have triggered a public health emergency. One threat is smoke inhalation: Some air readings have…
A LIGO team member describes how the detection of a gravitational wave from a new source – merging neutron stars – vaults…
The gravitational wave itself is the least exciting part of the announcement from LIGO and Virgo. Observing this new source…
A leading historian of constitutional thought says the contemporary Second Amendment debate is founded on serious misunderstandings.