If you’ve been on Instagram recently, you may have seen Insta stories of giddy teens dumping water — which doesn’t even contain ice — on their friends in the name of #Spe...
The election of an American pope, Leo XIV, is a fitting culmination of a conclave that had the feel of an American presidential election, except shrouded in secrecy and m...
If a society wants to toughen the fabric of its democracy, it’s essential that it nurture a citizenry that can think critically and consume information with a sustained a...
The U.S. and China are calling a 90-day truce in their trade war, temporarily lowering tariffs on each other from eye-wateringly high levels.
The sharp climb-down well ex...
When President Donald Trump announced Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, it surprised most on the subcontinent. The military exchanges that follo...
Two small studies published recently in Nature offer early, but important validation that stem cell treatments for Parkinson’s disease are viable.
They also are a step to...
Newly released grades from the American Society of Civil Engineers 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s 18 major infr...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to undertake a search ...
President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours once he was elected has proved to be utter nonsense as experts grade his first 100 days in...
Public and private have reached a consensus on the common scourge of our time: bureaucracy.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon can’t hide his disdain for it, saying it ...
