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Ferns have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship with ants, but this happened late in their evolution. A recent study…
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 23-29, 2024. With the U.S. averaging 37 million lightning strikes and 21…
The Edmonton Oilers are more than a hockey team. In some ways, they symbolize devotion to a way of life − and one of Canada’s…
Districts across the country have struggled to improve access and diversity in advanced math classes for years. A new approach…
A scholar of nonprofits explains why she’s concerned that the decision in the Fearless Fund case could discourage all…
The trailblazing engineer was co-inventor of a technique for designing computer chips that laid the groundwork for the computing…
Raw milk has always carried the risk of serious illness, and this risk has only risen with bird flu spreading across dairy…
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for…
Structures aligned with solar events served various purposes: science, farming, religion and even politics.
From the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and respect as perhaps the country’s…
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children,…
A historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and also the exploitation…
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene…
Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000…
Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records…