AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic…
Pushing a stroller changes how runners move, lowering some injury risks while raising others. Here’s what the biomechanics…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted carbon-containing minerals that can tell scientists more about what ancient Mars’…
From sending more pollen airborne to breaking up pollen grains, which lets them penetrate deeper into your lungs, the wind…
Francis’ approach to Christian-Muslim dialogue differed notably from his predecessors, writes a scholar who studies interfaith…
As the first non-European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace…
In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the…
History is full of examples of what happens when airpower takes on a logic of its own.
Nationally, about 11 male educators die by suicide for every 100,000 people, compared with a rate of almost 23 for all Americans.
A meteorologist explains three essential components of NOAA hurricane data collection that forecasters everywhere rely on…
Philadelphia was the birthplace of Bread and Freedom, a weekly anarchist paper published by Jewish immigrants who felt their…
The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.
The Trump administration claims that judges’ orders in the cases of immigrants deported to a prison in El Salvador intrude…
Turns out, presidents − just like the rest of us − sometimes say embarrassing things. Or mean things. Or clueless things.…
The landmark study, which enrolled more than 160,000 participants and has informed public health guidelines for women over…
Donald Trump isn’t the first US president to try to negotiate a peace deal. But he appears to be doing it differently…
46 states have enacted a law that aims to reduce sexual offenders’ ability to re-offend, but the results have been mixed.
President Trump’s sudden cuts to hard-won federal grants are disrupting research and forcing scientists to face difficult…