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Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative…
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating…
As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical…
Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover,…
The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands…
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans.…
Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
An astronomer explains why space looks so dark despite containing 200 billion trillion stars.
A scholar of the laws of war explores the complex issues raised by Israeli bombing of Gaza in retaliation for the slaughter…
Israel’s foundational social contract – that the government would keep Israelis safe – was severed with the deadly…
Israel’s war with Hamas is unlike anything Israelis have seen before in some important ways, writes an Israeli filmmaker.…
Itch-sensing neurons in your skin are intertwined with your immune cells. Counterintuitively, the molecule that connects…
Wildfire smoke, even from fires far away, carries potentially harmful gases that, once inside, tend to stick around. An…
A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented…