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Russia’s stepped-up role in Syria is likely to bolster Iran and the anti-Western opposition in Iraq.
Viewing human migration through the lens of natural history makes one thing clear: society needs to prepare for more migrations of people and the species we depend on.
Headlines about China’s supposed downward spiral are everywhere, and markets have swooned, yet there are many reasons for optimism.
Russia has different goals in Syria than the US and its allies. As ISIS weakens, that will become more apparent.
What happens when kids are put through harsh disciplinary measures?
The Supreme Court hears a case that will decide whether homes and businesses can earn money from distributed energy technologies, including demand response and home battery systems.
In recent years, a large market in higher education has emerged. From 2.1 million students studying abroad in 2001, the number has gone up to roughly 4.5 million. How is the US faring?
By avoiding major cineplexes and going straight to Netflix subscribers, the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation is wading into some uncharted waters.
It’s time for neurons to share the glory. Gene activity isn’t just a background utility of the brain, but an integral part of its operation.
Nobel Prizes can go to at most three co-recipients. Journal articles, on the other hand, can have thousands of co-authors. Neither extreme is ideal, but how should we credit today’s science work?
The number of chocolate-makers has exploded as consumers become ever more involved in the process from bean to bar.
All the candidates make the most of social networks to rake in cash.
Environmental sustainability will not figure into this year’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but the process helped build evidence – and consumer support – for inclusion in future DGAs.
The president of one of the country’s leading research university systems argues that the academic community has to make sure researchers and scientists engage with the general public.
Interested in democracy? You can skip Tuesday’s debate.
Men are harsher critics of research that reports evidence of gender bias in STEM fields, while women find it more compelling. How can we deal with the reality when we’re biased about bias?
We continue to believe – and file lawsuits presuming – that what we write in our emails is private. Nothing could be further from the truth.
An inspiration for Batman and Superman has faded into obscurity. Can he experience a revival?
Fracking fluids in Marcellus shale have contaminated groundwater but new study finds that the source is likely from surface spills, not leaks from underground wells.
Typically, researchers pool a bunch of brain scans to figure out the average way brains handle certain tasks. Instead, could they pick out individual brain profiles from a stack of 126 people’s scans?
A small invasive fish known as the topmouth gudgeon has already wreaked havoc on European species and its arrival to the US and South America is only a matter of time.
Teachers often view vocabulary building as the most important aspect of education. In reality, there are lots of other early learning experiences that children need to develop.
A scholar visited a dozen churches to learn why some religious folks oppose same-sex marriage. He discovered it’s not a simple case of homophobia.
Employing a unique literary method that blurred the genres of oral history and documentary prose, the Nobel Prize for Literature winner told the stories of a traumatized people.