A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as
The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate affirmative action programs sent shock waves across the US and is expected to…
The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate affirmative action programs sent shock waves across the US and is expected to…
New data from the IceCube collaboration shows neutrino emissions from within our Milky Way galaxy – but figuring out where…
Biobanks collect and store large amounts of data that researchers use to conduct a wide range of studies. Making sure participants…
Debates have played an important part in the American political process. And when candidates don’t participate, democracy…
Imagine an NBA game played outdoors in August, with no substitutions and players wearing snowsuits, gloves and ski masks.…
Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm…
When a major roadway or bridge needs fixing, all that traffic has to go somewhere.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely…
The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely…
People with a common history – often due to significant geographic or social barriers – often share genetics and language.…
On the 160th anniversary of the Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg, a political scientist finds that residents of formerly…
Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.
The New York Times’ publication of the Pentagon Papers showed the paper was willing to jeopardize connections to other…
The predominantly white European field of music education in the US is changing radically these days as schools confront…
The lessons students learn from dissecting donor bodies go beyond anatomy – and they try to pay that gift forward.
The organization – which offers its high school-age players a minimum salary of $100,000 – represents a new model for…
It’s official: State courts can review lawmakers’ election-district boundary decisions to ensure they comply with state…