Does taking government money mean journalists owe the government something? A media ethics scholar examines the ethical…
Fungi and other organisms called oomycetes are highly adaptable. That's bad news for the global food supply.
Unrest in the US looks familiar to Latin Americans, who are accustomed to resisting undemocratic governments – and to…
Children need time to play and be outside. That will be true even if instructional hours are cut short due to social distancing.
It is a tenet of American journalism that reporters working for the news sections of newspapers remain entirely independent…
In order to create an efficient future transportation system, autonomous vehicles need to accommodate people with different…
Physicists can use bright, hot lasers to slow atoms down so much that they measure -459 degrees Fahrenheit.
Artificial intelligence insatiable data needs has encouraged the mass collection of personal data, placing privacy at risk.…
Due to a 'once-in-a-century crisis,' five big foundations are spending more of their assets on grants than usual.…
Both sides of the debate over religious freedoms and LGBTQ rights use the language of equality and opposition to discrimination.…
At least for now, hundreds of thousands of students can stay in school without facing new hardships.
A Richmond court says the city cannot remove its controversial Robert E. Lee sculpture because an 1890 land deed gave the…
More Americans are learning about the 1921 massacre in the prosperous black section of Tulsa known as the 'Black Wall…
Donald Trump uses language like a dangerous demagogue. The author of a book on Trump's rhetorical skill gives a guide…
The body has many natural defenses against viruses and other pathogens. One antiviral molecule produced in the body is nitric…
What do you do when the subject is a disease as much as a person, and when the disease then subsumes the person – to the…
A century ago, the Spanish flu killed about 50 million people. Today we are battling the coronavirus pandemic. Are we any…
Climate models have been underestimating how much sunlight hits the Southern Ocean. This is because the clouds there are…