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The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts...
Negotiators from Iran and the United States are set to meet again in Oman on April 26, prompting hopes the two countries might be moving, albeit...
Donald Trump first came up with his plan for a “National Garden of American Heroes” at the end of his first term, before President Joe Biden...
Is your green my green? Probably not. What appears as pure green to me will likely look a bit yellowish or blueish to you. This is because visual...
Florida has undergone a dramatic political transformation over the past decade from a swing state to Republican stronghold. Florida’s recent...
For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that...
Heat and humidity contributed to kidney damage and disease in the San Luis Valley in Colorado between 1984 and 1998, according to our recently...
Screen time permeates the lives of toddlers and preschoolers. For many young children, their exposure includes both direct viewing, such as watching...
Lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering large parts of the world, including electric vehicles and smartphones. They have revolutionized how...
What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy? Since 2012, the World Happiness Report has measured and compared data from 167 countries. The...
In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of...
Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on...
Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don’t trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, imagine a flood of...
Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading...
With the Trump administration seeking to cut federal funding for colleges and universities, you might be wondering whether the endowments of these...
It’s that time of year when Philadelphia row home owners with a green thumb fastidiously attend to their window boxes – selecting new plants to...
On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the...
A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora...
In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage. Above the Arctic Circle, oil...
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive data flowing out of the agency’s network...
In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon tried to fire the Department of Justice prosecutor leading an investigation into the president’s involvement...
The single greatest threat to the diversity of life in our oceans over the past 50 years, more than climate change or plastic pollution, has been...
Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses. Big names such as Stanford and the...
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced its intention to pause or reverse regulations on mine safety, saying it wants to loosen rules...
Red skies in August, longer fire seasons and checking air quality before taking my toddler to the park. This has become the new norm in the western...
In 2021, the World Bank shut down one of its flagship projects: the Doing Business index, a global ranking system that measured how easy it was to...
IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of Chinese cities including Beijing and...
More than five months after President Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, Democrats are still trying to understand why they lost the election and...
Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including...
Beginning in September 2025, Russian middle and high school students will be handed a new textbook titled “My Family.” Published in March 2025, the...
Diversity, equity and inclusion, which has become the catchphrase DEI, represents a commitment to fairness and to tackling racism and exclusionary...
Many bakers working at high altitudes have carefully followed a standard recipe only to reach into the oven to find a sunken cake, flat cookies or...
In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance...
What happens when politicians post false or toxic messages online? My team and I found evidence that suggests U.S. state legislators can increase...
Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A new report from the British charity International Institute for Environment and...
Pope Francis, whose papacy blended tradition with pushes for inclusion and reform, died on April, 21, 2025 – Easter Monday – at the age of 88....
The Trump administration is demanding that at least 60 U.S. colleges and universities change their policies or lose out on billions of dollars in...
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be...
With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a...
President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent to reconsider dozens of current...
Years ago, after taking an Earth science class, I found myself looking at the world differently. It was the 1990s, and lakes in Wisconsin where I...