Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income families.
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While…
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help…
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how…
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But…
On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers…
A presidential candidate’s ‘home state advantage’ should help them win a primary, which then bodes well for how they…
Electoral redistricting is a high-stakes political game, so Democrats and Republicans have a hard time playing fair. When…
Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended racial discrimination in public places, relics of the Jim Crow South…
Long-term use of kratom may actually reduce pain tolerance and cause physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
The third-term president has used his experience and personal relationships with lawmakers to build the majorities that…
Humans have synced their calendars to the sun and moon for centuries, but every so often, these systems need a little correction.
A college administrator offers insights into the rocky rollout of the Department of Education’s supposedly ‘simplified’…
Russia isn’t likely to put nuclear missiles in space, but their reported anti-satellite weapon is just as alarming. An…