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We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
Point-to-point rocket delivery could cut down on transportation times. But engineers will need to figure out how to integrate rockets into current transportation systems.
Greater Philadelphia earned failing air quality grades. A new study finds higher asthma rates near industry and major roads, especially where green space is scarce.
The new Festival Lodging Rental License allows properties to be rented out for a maximum of 29 days per year.
Since college athletes were allowed to sign branding deals in 2021, the debate has continued over whether letting students make money off their names is a good thing.
Once completed, the 2,177-kilometer GCC Railway will connect six Gulf kingdoms and provide alternative routes to Europe and Asia.
A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.
American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.
Here’s how to sift through complicated studies without getting overwhelmed.
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
Contractors affected by affirmative action bans at the state level saw a drop in employee head count but were no less likely to go out of business.
Study suggests long-practiced strategy of taking out the heads of drug cartels may be missing underlying predictors of crime.
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
Specialized health care for brain-related issues can be lacking in rural areas, but collaborative, community-based approaches can help address these inequities.
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
Turns out, changing the way atoms and molecules are arranged in a substance can give it new and fascinating properties.
The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.