Policymakers and others often invoke the 1957 Russian launch of sputnik when trying to spark a discussion about education…
The collapse of the self-proclaimed republic ushers in a new reality in the South Caucasus. For Armenia, the first concern…
A scholar works to document local dialect of the Ojibwe language that was spoken by his grandmother.
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Popular culture often describes scalping − the forceful removing of a person’s scalp − as an indigenous practice.…
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The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and…
Medieval monastics were often discouraged from owning companion animals, which were viewed as a distraction, a religion…
The winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine made a discovery that helped create the COVID-19 vaccines.…
Current precedent relies on a 1982 case in which five justices generally agreed there were limits on a school’s power…
Because not everyone who is eligible to give blood donates at least once a year, there are periodic shortages, like the…
Two decades ago, the nanotechnology revolution avoided stumbling by bringing a wide range of people to the table to chart…
Many people at heightened risk for HIV have never been tested. Those who have self-tested for HIV often don’t go on to…
The College of Cardinals is an important part of the church’s governance structure. Its members elect the next pope and…
Measuring the ages of planets and stars is tricky. An observational astrophysicist describes the subtle clues that provide…
More than half of the world’s turtle species are endangered or threatened, and overhunting of wild species is a major…
Change in the brain usually comes with plenty of effort over time. Neuroscientists are working to understand how psychedelic…
One US senator has died, another is facing criminal charges and one more is dealing with health problems. Who replaces a…