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Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did...
Although it’s important that journalists practice diligence and deference, communities need to be willing to engage, forgive and voice concern.
A housing simulator predicts that rezoning for ‘missing middle’ housing could increase Denver’s housing supply by 46%.
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.
Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
Novel treatments include mental exercises to boost cognitive function, as well as strategies that help people with schizophrenia understand the...
More than 25 states require students to learn to read and write in cursive.
The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a...
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to...
More than 100 Black churches across the South were targeted from the 1950s-70s. Another wave of violence followed in the ‘90s – and there have...
A psychologist explains why the dark humor around Mangione’s case isn’t evidence of nihilism but of what happens when demands for moral...
Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
When a person’s story about a traumatic event seems fuzzy, they may be experiencing the nuances of how their brain processes trauma.
Amid multiple disease outbreaks and intense political pressures, Director Erica Schwartz will need to defend scientific independence.
State laws vary, so where you live may determine whether you’ll get to keep your home.
Research on absenteeism often focuses on factors like unreliable transportation, overlooking what schools themselves can do to help kids maintain a...
A scholar of India explores how two 19th-century memoirs portray a land where different religious identities coexist.
Products designed for professional athletes with specific goals may not do much for people with more recreational exercise goals.
ACA enrollments in Florida dropped in 2026, but the decrease was smaller than anticipated.
A recent study found that 77.7% of youth athletes were at risk of developing an eating disorder.
Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care,...
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and...
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
Revenues for Michigan’s districts have failed to keep pace with inflation and the evolving needs of today’s students.
A long bath in brine is how deli meat gets its taste, texture and shelf life.
Seeing a loved one lose significant weight or struggle with eating and exercise can be concerning. Approaching a conversation with respect and care...
A new FDA survey finds some positive trends among young people in the US, though new forms of nicotine use like pouches have become a bit more...
Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.
Estrangement is rarely caused by childhood abuse or a pushy therapist. Instead, it reveals a collision between two ideas of what family should be.
Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short...
Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse.
Dynamite made from fish oil was one weapon deployed by an assertive Japan in the early 20th century
Interstellar maps can help scientists find patterns that tell them about fundamental chemical processes in the cosmos.
A new federal law rewards states that ease housing rules. Colorado has been doing that for years, and its experience shows both what works and what...
Policy changes, climate disruption, staffing shortages and housing costs are reshaping the risks of owning or starting a gateway business.
A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students...
Millions of people suffer from debilitating symptoms their doctors don’t quite believe. But advances in neuroscience and education may be changing...
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead...
Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.
Teaming groups of private landowners with federal efforts yielded measurable success, at least in terms of defending cornfields.
AI agents cross company boundaries, but proof of their authority often does not. When they overstep, no single record shows what the user allowed.
NASA’s CADRE mission will test a small team of autonomous rovers that can function without constant communication with Earth.
Several colleges and universities instruct students on how to navigate email communication on their campus, but more could consider the practice.
The damage is sometimes only centimeters deep. Three engineers explain the colors of burned masonry and other signs preservationists look for amid...
Chatbots are becoming commonplace in teens’ lives, but these tools were never developed or validated for mental health support.