A bioethicist explains a recent report that recommends how to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine equitably.
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News that Venus may harbor life has swept the globe. So how do we find out for sure? A planetary scientist explains what’s next.
Governments must embrace policies that promote sharing and collective invention to create and distribute a vaccine quickly.
Can a plan that brings together government and private landowners create enough habitat for monarch butterflies?
Dog whistles constitute coded language that only some voters can hear. But Trump does not hide his bigotry when talking about Mexican ‘rapists,’ the ‘China virus’ and ‘law and order.’
It’s not just whether the US Postal Service can handle the load. In 2020 primaries, states have had trouble distributing, collecting and counting mailed-in ballots.
President Trump is using religious rhetoric against his Democratic opponents. A historian of religion cites similar attacks over a century ago.
Many of us don’t get an adequate amount of nutrients.
Inflation has been low, but if the Fed isn’t careful, keeping rates too low, too long could lead to runaway inflation.
Two environmental engineers say governments need to do more to protect people from possible water contamination after wildfires.
The mail-in voting process has several built-in safeguards that make it hard for one person to vote fraudulently, and even more difficult to commit large-scale voter fraud.
Think American democracy is ending? You’re not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair – as far back as the founding of the republic.
Though air travel has boosted presidential campaigns for decades, the 2020 pandemic has underlined the importance of aircraft as the quickest and safest way to campaign.
An army of mostly older, white volunteers run America’s voting sites. They’re reluctant to work during a pandemic. So new recruits are signing up to run the polls, for better and for worse.
Dozens of companies have made pledges in recent months to make their workforces more inclusive. A scholar asked employees what they think that means.
Some presidents have lied for honorable reasons, while for others the lies have been simply self-serving.
If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should change these implicit biases.
Teachers in training can be taught to teach their students to tackle problems like mathematicians and scientists. But will they stick with that approach once they get their own class?
Many boys stop singing at adolescence – but with the right support, they can continue to sing through their voice change and emerge as lifetime singers.
In a series of surveys, young people across the US described their thinking and behavior amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s easy to edit video of public figures to make them appear asleep, confused, drunk or cognitively impaired when they are not. The technique is being used to undermine Joe Biden’s campaign.
Getting the real answers on health gaps requires a deep dive into the demographics.
Debating whether climate change or forest management has caused the devastating wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon is a false choice.
A tragic error showed how complicated it can be to distribute vaccines on a mass scale.
An admissions dean seeks to take the worry out of applying for college when traditional things like grades, standardized tests and extracurricular activities have been disrupted by COVID-19.