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The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
Almost everybody uses the internet just about every day. But do you really know what the internet is?
Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
The Biden administration fears that further consolidation in the aviation industry will lead to worse outcomes for consumers – but do mergers necessarily push up prices?
SVB, as it’s known, collapsed with lightning speed following a run on its deposits.
Several members were killed March 9, 2023, in Germany. Many people hold stereotypes about Jehovah’s Witnesses but are unfamiliar with their beliefs.
The Fed has been trying to tame employment and wages to keep inflation in check. It ain’t working.
A negotiation expert offers practical tips for getting the salary or promotion you want.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
‘I see the church as a field hospital,’ Pope Francis once said – not a place where superficial solutions will do much good.
Strong values and principles are key traits in effective business leaders – but they can come with tendencies to take fewer risks and be less proactive or innovative.
This particularly physical kind of philanthropy caught on in the mid-20th century.
Big-name awards can certainly be a boon for Black filmmakers and actors. But they don’t reflect the breakthroughs that have been made in the types of Black stories that are getting told.
As sports betting becomes more prevalent, so do the risks to college athletes, gaming experts argue.
Honeybees possess one of the most complex examples of nonhuman communication. New research suggests that it is learned and culturally passed down from older to younger bees.
Protecting old and mature trees is the simplest and least expensive way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere – but proposed logging projects threaten mature stands across the US.
A study of more than 200 social services and arts groups points to the severity of structural barriers.
About a quarter of those with body dysmorphic disorder attempt suicide or struggle with ideas of suicide. Fortunately, medication and therapy have proved highly effective at treating the disorder.
States are struggling to cover pension costs for public school teachers. A education policy expert weighs in on potential solutions.
Pi gets a lot of attention this time of year, but there are plenty of other mathematical constants just as deserving of recognition.
Most school-choice programs in the US have been approved by lawmakers. But when asked for their views, voters have overwhelmingly rejected them.
With more than 5,000 known exoplanets, astronomers are shifting their focus from discovering additional distant worlds to identifying which are good candidates for further study.
Twitter and Meta are looking to make money from protecting users’ identities. This raises questions about collective security, people understanding what they’re paying for and who remains vulnerable.
They’re beautiful in bloom, but Callery pear trees crowd out native plants and turn productive open land into woody thickets.