The slow release of information about the chemical spill and results of air and water tests have left many questions about…
If you want to use an exoskeleton to improve balance, a study finds that superhuman reflexes can help you stay upright.
There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call…
Evidence in Earth’s natural archives, from tree rings to seafloor sediments, points to one trend. Some climate models…
The idea that scientists could warn a region that a big quake was coming at a certain time – with enough advance notice…
Teacher wages have risen little over the past few decades when adjusted for inflation.
Most Americans believe that racial inequality is a significant problem. They also believe that affirmative action programs…
Today it’s smart technology that will defend drivers and pedestrians. Over a century ago, it was the Klaxon horn.
Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could…
A scholar who has studied imprisonment explains why the promise of sentence reductions in return for organ donation raises…
Most Americans know Dianne Feinstein as a US senator. But for voters in San Francisco, she will forever be remembered as…
Huge pro-democracy demonstrations in Israel have taken place for almost two months in protest of new rules for the Supreme…
A gunman at Michigan State University shot dead three people before taking his own life. Two criminologists explain how…
Turkey has repeatedly attempted to improve its earthquake preparedness. So what went wrong?
As giving receded to pre-pandemic levels, most of these gifts were designated for foundations, higher education, hospitals…
Students may need a listening ear and reassurance in the aftermath of having witnessed a school shooting.