COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.
Without public health surveillance, officials trying to tackle outbreaks, identify threats and evaluate treatments are working…
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Soft power is a foreign-policy tool to get what a country wants without using force.
Legal experts see a current lawsuit against the environmental group Greenpeace as a classic example of using litigation…
The holiday used to be a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue.
The Sunshine State was once a model for transparent government. Times have changed.
Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide…
The president’s executive orders are part of a decades-long trend of shrinking government’s role while expanding private…
The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create…
The early 1920s in the US offers historical lessons on how current pessimism about the state of the country can manifest…
Trump’s DEI-related executive orders may affect early career scientists and researchers who study representation in science,…
Mathematicians once turned up their noses at imaginary numbers. But complex analysis actually simplifies math and physics.
A physicist explains that the short answer is both … and neither.
Public school access to high-quality teachers is shrinking, while teen reports of feeling unsafe at school are on the rise.