On Oct. 11, 2023, a new memorial was unveiled at the site of the 1911 fire. A cadre of young Jewish women helped push for…
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Grandma swore by it. Now science weighs in on the healing powers of chicken soup.
A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable…
Beyond higher wages and improved benefits, the terms of the Kaiser settlement would ensure better staffing, which the unions…
Half a million new mothers in the US suffer from postpartum depression every year, yet a lack of awareness and stigma toward…
Pantry food can go bad if exposed to oxygen, but an AI model might help develop more effective preservatives and keep food…
More high school students are taking college courses while still in high school. But equity gaps exist, with Black and Hispanic…
A decade of de-escalation among Gulf states could be at risk if Israel-Hamas violence spills across region. And that could…
In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the…
Politicians have used their assumptions about Gazans to support their policies. But the people in Gaza experience these…
Vaccine policies fall on a spectrum, from mandates to recommendations. Deciding what to use and when is not so much a science…
Donors and grantmakers often pressure nonprofits to spend as little as possible on fundraising and overhead.
A sociologist interviewed more than 200 Black workers about their experiences. Here’s what she found.
Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish…
Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
Physicists uncovered a new experiment hidden in old data from the Large Hadron Collider. Using this innovative approach,…