With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position…
Since appearing as a public shrine in 2001, the female death deity’s popularity has exploded and is a frequent sight in…
Instead of treating creative work as a legitimate field, US labor policy, copyright law and the tax code have failed to…
Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity,…
Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased.
The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration…
Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.
Many people do not know about the serious harms that untreated pain in pregnancy can cause.
Uncontrolled inflammation is usually thought to be the culprit behind asthma. But in asthma patients who have survived intimate…
If you see a health claim that seems too good – or too bad – to be true, take a moment to step back and assess the evidence.
The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced…
Covert ops and military buildup in the Caribbean suggest Washington is eying a regime change. But are conditions ripe in…
President Trump reversed a long-held perception among US foreign policymakers that pressuring Israel should only be done…
Disaster recovery is harder on isolated islands. The Jamaican diaspora living in the U.S., U.K., Canada and elsewhere will…
With a new, mid-cycle redistricting war raging in state after state, the media and politicians focus on which party is winning…
Horror films teach us to confront real-life trauma and atrocities, not escape from them.
This recall affects America’s most prescribed drug. It’s the latest in a series of concerning manufacturing issues that…
One similarity between people who seek to reinforce gender binary and those who seek to expand beyond it is the idea that…