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Asia needs trillions of dollars in coming years to finance roads, sanitation plants and other key infrastructure. The IMF and World Bank can’t do it alone.
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists find dispersants meant to clean up oil spill are toxic to deep-sea corals.
With the emergence of online technologies, the visually impaired can no longer depend on braille alone for their learning needs. App developers are stepping up to the challenge.
Unlike most images and text that appear public spaces, this graffiti is intended for the eyes of the same sex.
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Gulf Coast communities are still grappling with the social and economic ills caused by the oil spill.
A competition already took place ahead of this week’s road races in Boston and London: men outbidding each other to show an attractive woman how generous they are.
Major causes have been identified for most common cancers, like liver and lung. But we still haven’t identified one for breast cancer.
Empathy, a trait built into the human character, can be taught and practiced by both police and communities to improve relations.
The myth has been debunked time and time again.
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act may have been “clarified” but there are concerns it could have a chilling effect on campus attitudes toward LGBTQ students and faculty across the state.
Labor unions face assaults at every turn, yet growing concerns over income equality and Progressivism’s rebirth may help turn the tide.
Return-to-learn plans can help students get back to school work without setting back their concussion recovery.
One year after the mass kidnapping, the girls of Chibok, Nigeria, are still missing, even as Boko Haram loses ground.
In 2008 she ran a “manly” campaign. This year’s has started off more feminine. Is this what is needed to win Clinton the White House?
The intense spotlight on one female baseball star might lead some to believe that she’s the first and only one. She’s not.
Scuba-diving scientists devise method for gauging the health of coral reefs – a vital ecosystem for keeping fisheries sustainable for people.
When kids read for pleasure they build empathy and improve social relationships. Here’s how you could inculcate a love for reading in your kids.
In the ongoing game of regulatory Whack-A-Mole, the amphetamine isomer BMPEA is just the latest stimulant to pop up in the wake of another being banned.
New research says we should discard conventional ways of analyzing what it means to age. It’s how well people function that counts.
After 100 years of policies pushing federal land management, it’s time to admit they’ve been a costly failure.
Should cyberbullies be isolated and shamed? Or should they be helped ? Victims of cyberbullying could take to being cyberbullies themselves.
Figuring out points along the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math pipeline where women are doing ok can help focus efforts to improve sex ratios where they can make a difference.
Consumers and makers of plastic products want plastic to biodegrade to minimize the environmental impact, but some additives don’t live up to the claims.
Do you remember where you were when you heard about the 9/11 attacks? Or about the bombing at the Boston Marathon? Those are flashbulb memories – vivid, detailed and imperfect.