Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
Food insufficiency rates rose across the board, researchers who analyzed government data found.
Critics have long pooh-poohed conservative comics. But in today’s fragmented media environment, right-wing comedy has become both a moneymaker and a force in politics.
COVID-19 upended families’ morning routines. Getting kids back on schedule and sticking to it will help ease difficult transitions, a child psychologist explains.
HFCs keep refrigerators cool, but when these short-lived climate pollutants leak, they warm the planet.
A closer look at how ice cover changed through the months offers some important insights into the role of climate change and why every year isn’t a record.
A scholar who has visited Guantanamo 11 times to observe legal proceedings in the 9/11 terrorism case explains why the conflict continues to delay the case going to trial.
A representative survey of American adults finds broader support for violent insurrection than many would like to think.
The New Mexico findings could rewrite the history of human migration to the Americas.
The 2017 tax cuts put a $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes. The richest households would see the biggest gains from eliminating or raising the cap.
Nahdlatul Ulama is the world’s biggest Islamic organization, initiating a reform movement, which it is calling ‘Humanitarian Islam.’
A sports management scholar weighs in on whether college athletes can appear in their school’s swag while promoting various products.
It’s the World Health Organization’s first update of global air quality guidelines since 2005. We know far more today about the serious risks these pollutants pose to human health.
Avoiding hitting deer on the road is as much about when you drive as where. An animal behavior expert explains why.
When students are allowed to bring personal items for show and tell, it can build their senses of self-worth, belonging and control. But poor kids often don’t get that opportunity.
Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops.
Tesla crashes and the investigations that follow generate a lot of headlines, but the dangers of automotive automation are industrywide. The common denominator is the human behind the wheel.
Republicans are refusing to support an increase in the debt ceiling, but not doing so risks an unprecedented default. An economist explains why it’s time to get rid of the debt limit once and for all.
