A newly identified meteor shower reveals that intense heat is fragmenting a previously unknown asteroid as it passes too…
An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects…
As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and…
A few US towns have banned cigarette sales to anyone born after a specific date, and several states are considering this…
Three questions can help patients get a better handle on drug and health care options. But many Americans still hold back…
A decade of shifting regional alliances, continuous conflict and outside interventions have narrowed the path for diplomacy.
Topics such as sexual assault have been difficult for survivors and historians to write about, even decades after the war.
The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty…
A new law in Michigan requires school districts to make some choices about how to restrict cellphones.
Psilocybin falls into a regulatory gray zone, with strict limitations around how it can be studied. As a result, very little…
Researchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen.
In 2012, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new rules on officials’ spending – and the local restaurant trade suffered.
It may seem like a paradox, but it takes good friends for someone to really understand themselves – and grow in virtue,…
Africa represents the fastest-growing part of the Catholic Church. The pope’s 2026 journey will stop in Cameroon, Equatorial…
In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today…
Standards-based grading provides a more transparent assessment of the extent the intended learning is happening in the classroom.
As before, however, any such move into the country would be fraught with the same risks that have bedeviled past Israeli…
For years, Donald Trump’s rhetoric has relied on insult, ridicule, threat and contempt. But the scale of violence in his…
A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in…