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Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records more accessible and analyzing the data in new ways.
Future space missions will fly farther and longer than ever before – which means crew members may need more involved medical care in space.
Syphilis cases have increased 30% among 15- to 24-year-olds in Philadelphia since 2019, while cases of gonorrhea are up 18%. Chlamydia cases have decreased but remain high.
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.
The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.
Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.
Hubble’s technical issues continue. But through some clever engineering, the telescope can continue operations with just 1 gyroscope.
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college, to work and to live, as well as the way they vote.
While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers and young people are being drawn to them, a large-scale study found.
Had James Crumbley taken 10 seconds to secure a cable lock, the lives of four teenagers may have been spared.
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they must obey any laws, nor that they can be held to account for lawbreaking.
Lawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history underlying certain Supreme Court cases. Yet this history-for-hire approach raises questions.
The Supreme Court has twice weighed in on ‘release time’ policies, and many states allow districts to implement them.
Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
Your upper intestine is host to a distinct population of microbes that play a role in digestion, metabolism and immunity.
Novel metaphors can make it easier to understand complex concepts such as quantum computing.
Public tragedies are heartrending events that gain widespread public attention. But where once prominent tragedies often brought Americans together, such tragedies no longer unify the country.
Kids most likely to wind up in the ER due to violence often have common early childhood experiences. Can schools use this information to prevent future injuries?
Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to have a say on it.
Dozens of animals, some on land but many in the ocean, can produce light within their bodies through chemical reactions. Scientists are still trying to understand when and why this trait developed.
Researchers found a sharp rise in calls to US poison centers about magic mushrooms coincided with their decriminalization in several US cities and states.
The opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already facing other challenges.
It’s not certain that the ruling will make it harder for fired union organizers to get their jobs back, a labor law professor explains.