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You can thank yeast and bacteria for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history.
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Prosecuting leaders indicted for war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers a potential playbook.
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
Detroit is one of the country’s most segregated regions, but census data shows how that’s changing in both the city and suburbs.
Meetings with Joe Biden and Donald Trump suggest Japan is hedging over the outcome of the US election.
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.
Your sprinting skills have a lot to do with genetics, but your brain also plays a big role.
Online dating has its own jargon. But the feelings involved are nothing new.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.
Legal psychology researchers are investigating how police treat drunken suspects, how impaired people behave when questioned, and how juries consider their statements.
Modern web browsers are increasingly becoming like virtual computers, able to send email and play music and videos. The downside is it’s a new way for hackers to get into your computer.
Philadelphia has a high rate of gun homicides despite having relatively few gun owners and gun stores compared with other US cities.
Courtroom drama is drawing attention to a broader subject: Donald Trump’s approach to the media.
The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in Southern California could become a model for state controls.
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.
As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
There are better ways to keep employees on board, such as boosting pay and providing better benefits.
Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.