An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.
SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases…
One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.
Democratic governors and President Donald Trump agree to fight an invasion of non-native fish that has spread up the Mississippi…
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in…
Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.
A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be…
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the…
The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.
Florida is one of the worst states in the US when it comes to access to affordable dental care – and children are suffering…
Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress.…
Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her…
The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.
Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to…