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Warrior-monks crusaded for Christianity throughout medieval Europe. Adding to the ongoing mystery surrounding the military order is their enigmatic seal.
To model the inside of a supercapacitor, my team had to rework a common physics law that most high school students learn.
The new law makes it illegal to possess 2 types of abortion pills without a prescription.
Closing arguments tell the jury why the evidence is believable or not, how the facts are linked or not and, most importantly, why their decision to either acquit or convict is moral and just.
Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed two new zoning bills into law, which could help reduce the state’s homeless population.
It’s rarely the creep at the playground. About 90% of child sexual abusers know the family.
Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
Political discussions on campus can be a lot more productive if the right expectations are set.
Civic engagement is more correlated with giving than religiosity, new research indicates.
Many Poles were outraged by abortion restrictions put in place during the previous government. That doesn’t mean they agree on the path forward.
The government has been investigating Live Nation Entertainment for years. But a presale ticketing debacle for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour heightened scrutiny from politicians and the public.
Early writers on probability had explained how the ‘house advantage’ didn’t need to be large for a gambling enterprise to profit enormously. But gamblers and gambling operators were slow to catch on.
Detroit has a rich music tradition and is known for its role in the development of house.
NOAA issued its busiest preseason hurricane forecast yet, with the second highest accumulated cyclone energy. An atmospheric scientist explains what’s behind the numbers.
Israelis’ and Jewish people’s long-held feeling of persecution, dating back to biblical times, contributes to most Israelis’ desire to continue the war in Gaza.
Phone cameras are an example of what’s called computational photography. Digital tools built into these cameras can enhance your images in real time.
A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.
Everyone wants to raise kind children, but telling kids to be nice gets you only so far − young people need to practice those skills with their peers.
The late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The succession is a complex process, more dependent on politics than religion.
The next time you hear about a Supreme Court concurrence or dissent, pay attention. You may get a window to where the law is headed in the future.
A scholar of militia activity observes extremists stepping back into the public sphere after a few years of being less visible.
In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
The founders saw a need for government to intervene in markets.