Yellen puts Congress on notice over impending debt default date: 5 essential reads on what's at stak
If the US fails to increase its debt ceiling by June 1, it could be forced into an embarrassing – and hugely costly –…
If the US fails to increase its debt ceiling by June 1, it could be forced into an embarrassing – and hugely costly –…
Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their…
Social media provides both a forum for communication and a public signal about what a bank’s customers believe. That means…
Scientists had figured a fossil found in Spain more than a century ago was from a Neandertal. But a new analysis suggests…
As ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ climbed the ratings ladder, the censorship bleep, which masked the slew of insults lobbed…
Teachers judged the same math work differently based on whether the work was associated with male or female names.
Manufacturers don’t usually have to disclose what’s in products like shampoo and household cleaners, but a new study…
A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why…
Despite support for clemency from Oklahoma’s top prosecutor, a death row inmate appears set to die on May 18.
Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other…
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, people now need to pause and wonder whether it actually…
Children learn more science when they watch an AI-powered cartoon character than with a regular Mickey Mouse or Dora the…
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation…
As they shape the Earth, volcanoes inspire and terrify humans.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. Understanding how cancer cells evolve could help researchers…
Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.