In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
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Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
Government prosecutors, ruled the Supreme Court, stretched the meaning of a law that’s been used to prosecute those alleged to have participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol.
ICE detention facilities suffer from outdated systems, a lack of translation services – and a penchant for releasing ailing detainees to reduce the death count.
Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.
The psychotropic allure of the ayahuasca plant for hundreds of thousands of non-Indigenous consciousness seekers is raising many concerns.
Science fiction and technological innovation feed off each other in an ongoing back-and-forth that can play out over decades.
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
The Supreme Court conceded that it should not have taken up the case to begin with.
The company helped spur a public health crisis through its deceptive marketing and aggressive sales of prescription opioids.
Hunger, stress, trauma, inadequate sanitation and other factors are converging to create a widespread humanitarian disaster with consequences that could last for generations.
Laws that scrap diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campus are likely to result in less support for LGBTQ+ students, a psychology professor explains.
Setting off fireworks at home was as much a pandemic trend as buying a Peloton.
Many videos people upload to YouTube aren’t really meant for public consumption, but they’re available for AI companies to vacuum up. Many of these personal videos are posted by children.
A photo of Lucy’s reconstructed skeleton next to a live four-year-old girl shows how human Lucy was – and how small.
Safely landing a spacecraft that’s falling from the sky very quickly is easier said than done.
Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together.
A century ago, the French writer and poet André Breton penned his ‘Manifesto of Surrealism,’ launching an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.
While people now reflect on how or whether Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance during the debate cost him the election, the view in 1960 was that the debate was a draw.
An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and what to do if you’re suddenly being pelted by giant ice chunks falling from the sky.
Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive process called ‘counterfactual thinking’ may explain why.
A new study finds that hiring practices, not a bachelor’s degree, may be the ‘great equalizer’ of opportunity for some soon-to-be grads.
On June 28, Iranians will pick a new president. Relations with the West have been a key campaign issue.
These dogs are trained to try to interrupt panic attacks and provide deep calming pressure to the people they’re matched with.
Changing a culture is hard to do.