The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power…
As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how…
New Year’s resolutions typically fade so quickly that there is a ‘Quitter’s Day’ named after them, for the second…
US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention…
President Donald Trump’s threats against independent media and free speech look a lot like the actions of autocrats elsewhere…
Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar…
Some women adopted non-Jewish identities to support the resistance. For most, though, it was simply a strategy for survival…
Rarely are sports stadiums financed entirely with private funds.
Chatter in social media communities sheds light on a hidden population of substance users.
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s…
Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh shared a vision of ‘beloved community’ that shows how democracy begins not…
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do…
The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative…
AI companies are gearing up to follow the social media model of monetizing their platforms through advertising. The danger…
Railway safety has vastly improved for motor vehicles, but reducing the risk of collisions with pedestrians is much trickier.
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United…
The demands of Iran’s ethnic minorities differ from many of those in Tehran, and they have reason to fear the return of…
Political chaos, sanctions and technical mismanagement of the oil industry may have taken a heavy toll on the industry.
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has…
Stargazing can stimulate an interest in space in kids and lead to a passion for science. But rural schools often lack the…