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January is National Mentoring Month. A retired professor at UC San Diego has paired emeriti professors with first-generation students to great effect.
Changes proposed by the president’s executive order are limited. Even Barack Obama admits they wouldn’t have stopped recent mass shootings.
A recent study shows Donald Trump is out of date when he claims “people are pouring across our southern border”.
The flood-control infrastructure built to weather heavy rains in Los Angeles sends runoff to sea – a poor design for drought-worried California.
What are your kids reading in the new year? What kids read has a strong impact on their perceptions of reality.
The best forgers don’t simply create convincing fakes; they go after the preconceived beliefs of the very people who judge a painting’s value and authenticity.
Pharmacists are trained to do far more than dispensing medicine, but outdated policies keep them from taking on a greater role in patient care.
Though the perpetrators of the mass shooting in California appear to have acquired their guns legally, the vast majority used in violent crimes are obtained illegally.
Three of our regular writers offer their thoughts on the key economic issues and themes in the new year.
If New Year’s resolutions have you in an abstemious mindset when it comes to enjoyment these days, consider a pleasure recalibration based on ‘l'éducation du gout.’
The year 2015 escalated many of the tensions that have existed on university and college campuses for a long time. It will be remembered as the year of student activism.
A review of some of the top arts and culture stories from the past year.
Why did a hacktivist collective like Anonymous repurpose the image of Guy Fawkes for its ubiquitous masks? A scholar looks at how a 17th-century English villain became the face of resistance.
With a future of droughts looming for the US West, Utah’s Wasatch watershed offers a good model that combines conservation with nature-based recreation.
A post-network era looms. What does this mean for the way we watch – and pay for – television shows?
Dawn’s mission director and chief engineer describes his ‘dream come true’ job – and how the new data coming back from Ceres could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of our solar system.
Shopping for a gold ring? New guidelines seek to be the rough equivalent of Fair Trade for small-scale gold mining.
Through the Nazification of Christmas, the regime was able to gain the support of ordinary Germans.
Still don’t know what to get your loved one? Here are four gift-giving taboos meant to be broken.
Do expectations about the “right” parent involvement take into account America’s large diversity?
With cheaper gas, consumers are buying fewer fuel-efficient vehicles – a step backwards on climate, energy security and upkeep of our highway and bridges.
How should we celebrate Christmas during a time when religious extremism inspires terrorist attacks and young people are abandoning the church?
The manic light-and-sound show is more tribute than groundbreaking film.
Forest conservation has been a contentious issue in international climate change discussions for years, but now developing countries are embracing the need to protect their forests.