As the US approaches the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, two scholars revisit the rich…
Less than half of American workers feel that they clearly know what their employers expect from them. And many employees…
The tightly integrated North American beef market, under pressure from drought and the spread of the screwworm, could get…
Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging…
Africa’s ‘coup belt’ has seen rising anti-Western sentiment.
An environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means…
Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved…
Electric utilities don’t make money from selling power to customers, but instead profit from investments in power plants,…
An observatory director describes the differences between the types of rocks that fly through space.
The rapidly growing popularity of prediction markets is sparking worries about the markets’ effects on US politics, where…
A data center could get more solar power and be kept much colder in space, but it would be extremely difficult to repair…
So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected…
Iran has emerged with its uranium enrichment knowledge intact, its stockpile buried and fresh reason to believe that only…
As a new father, a scholar used his research on absentee fatherhood to reimagine his own childhood without his dad.
As sea ice melts, more of the Arctic Ocean opens up. A former ambassador explains how this treaty creates time for scientists…
The constant noise of traffic is so ubiquitous, it is barely noticeable to our ears – until we step into a roadless forest…
Limits on healthcare for undocumented women are reshaping pregnancy and family health.