Venus flytrap plants have 'traps' that snap shut on insect prey. But they also rely on insects for pollination.…
From asking a partner to pick up dinner on the way home to checking in on a neighbor with health problems, we frequently…
New research suggests that hints left in Creole languages can identify where the original speakers came from – even hundreds…
The president's plans to impose steep tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum mirror the misguided trade policies that…
Thousands of dirt roads crisscross the Brazilian Amazon, serving ranchers, loggers and miners. The area's fragile waterways…
Gun control advocates want to shut down the National Rifle Association's online video channel, NRA TV. A scholar looks…
In order to prevent future mental health problems among at-risk students, schools must do a better job of screening for…
Much like the printing press upset the social order centuries ago, the explosion of information online is challenging the…
With many men 'missing' from the population in the aftermath of the 1918 flu, women stepped into public roles that…
Only recently did it come to represent the dream of fame.
A basketball computer program simulates millions of trajectories in search of the ideal shot.
The Supreme Court could kill collective bargaining throughout the country, making workers worse off and exacerbating inequality.
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The Trump administration shelved its plans for a 'bloody nose' attack while the Olympics in South Korea were under…
Smartphones are key elements of two-factor authentication processes. Weakening their security threatens people's digital…
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
The upcoming census, like many before it, will boil complex information on race, ethnicity and ancestry into just two questions.…
More than 1,000 Nebraskans were asked about laws that protect business owners who refuse to serve gays or lesbians. People…
In 2005, almost 46,000 children were adopted across borders. Ten years later, just 12,000 were. The foreign adoption system…