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A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why people are so susceptible.
Despite support for clemency from Oklahoma’s top prosecutor, a death row inmate appears set to die on May 18.
Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights?
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, people now need to pause and wonder whether it actually hatched from an egg.
Children learn more science when they watch an AI-powered cartoon character than with a regular Mickey Mouse or Dora the Explorer, a new study finds.
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
As they shape the Earth, volcanoes inspire and terrify humans.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. Understanding how cancer cells evolve could help researchers develop more effective drugs.
Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
The numbers seem to be going in the ‘right’ direction for the Fed to pull off a soft landing – and avoid a recession – but the picture remains murky.
The cause of banking crises since the debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.
A team of economists looked at what happened after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements were reinstated in Virginia in 2013.
The US military’s switch to an all-volunteer force in 1973 led to a series of magazine ads that sought to portray military service as a way for women and people of color to move up in society.
While Bryant Donham was never charged for her involvement in Till’s death, the Justice Department continued to investigate the case and consider the potential for an arrest as recently as 2021.
Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
Researchers are working to determine how and which cannabis products can help those suffering from chronic pain or serious illness. But science is having a hard time keeping up with the booming market.
The film conveys an uncomfortable truth: Jordan was merely a vessel for Nike’s meteoric rise.
A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the range of Asian elephants and finds sharp decline starting several centuries ago.
The ‘Washington Declaration’ unveiled during the state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives Seoul a greater role in coordinating a nuclear response strategy.
No US president has ever attended a British royal coronation – but history shows that they signal intent by whom they choose to go in their stead.
Polio vaccines have been a massive public health victory in the US. But purely celebratory messaging overlooks the ongoing threat if vaccination rates fall.
A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.
Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.
Latino youths often feel more at home in after-school programs and in the community than they do in school. A sociologist explores why.