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After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022,…
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There are political as well as economic risks to debt standoffs in Congress.
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From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them birth.
Genetics expert Jean Bennett explains how gene therapy is being used to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.
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Carbon capture and storage is the most promising solution for gas and coal-fired power plants to keep running under the…
A historian of education policy says the dramatic drop in history test scores among the nation’s eighth graders was a…
The Vietnam War whistleblower’s decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents was not a quick one.
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Although the series perpetuates the stereotype that politically ambitious women can’t be trusted in high office, it thoughtfully…
For the first time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their…
Barbara Lynch’s alleged bullying of her employees is only the latest in a string of high-profile chef scandals. Two scholars…