Scientists have traditionally focused on educating the public on science or correcting misinformation. But researchers from…
Most of the 1 million Venezuelan immigrants in the US arrived relatively recently.
Fostering a sense of pride in local communities increases citizen participation, including, at a bare minimum, voting in…
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power…
As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how…
New Year’s resolutions typically fade so quickly that there is a ‘Quitter’s Day’ named after them, for the second…
US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention…
President Donald Trump’s threats against independent media and free speech look a lot like the actions of autocrats elsewhere…
Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar…
Some women adopted non-Jewish identities to support the resistance. For most, though, it was simply a strategy for survival…
Rarely are sports stadiums financed entirely with private funds.
Chatter in social media communities sheds light on a hidden population of substance users.
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s…
Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh shared a vision of ‘beloved community’ that shows how democracy begins not…
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do…
The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative…
AI companies are gearing up to follow the social media model of monetizing their platforms through advertising. The danger…
Railway safety has vastly improved for motor vehicles, but reducing the risk of collisions with pedestrians is much trickier.
There is no evidence that US intervention in Venezuela will lead to a meaningful reduction in drugs flowing into the United…