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/ 6 months agoEscalating Israel-Hezbollah clashes threaten to spark regional war and force US into conflict with Iran
A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah would likely set the entire region on fire, involving Iran and its proxies, and...
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/ 6 months agoSupreme Court’s slow roll on deciding Trump’s immunity is the opposite of politics
Critics are decrying the long time the Supreme Court has taken to rule in a crucial Trump case, charging that it’s...
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/ 6 months agoEven the Supreme Court’s conservative justices are polarized about the state of American politics
The secret recordings of two Supreme Court justices reveal dramatic differences in how they see American political life.
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/ 6 months agoChina’s crackdown on ‘wealth-flaunting’ social media puts pressure on influencers − both on the mainland and in Taiwan − to echo the party line
Regulators in China are scouring social media platforms and censoring those deemed to be engaged in morally corrupt behavior.
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/ 6 months ago2024’s violent tornado season has been one of the most active on record − a meteorologist explains the weather behind the outbreaks
Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the US, with a tornado nearly every day in May. Tornado outbreaks tore...
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/ 6 months agoDo hormonal contraceptives increase depression risk? A neuroscientist explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse
A neuroscientist explains how hormonal contraceptives work − and how stress may increase or decrease depression risk while on them.
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/ 6 months agoMost Philly public school students have college ambitions − but their level of preparation depends on which high school they attend
A sociologist and former high school math teacher found that Philadelphia students face starkly different expectations for college depending on what...
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/ 6 months agoWhy do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only one moon while other planets have hundreds
It’s not a competition, but if it were, Saturn would be winning.
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/ 6 months ago‘I love this work, but it’s killing me’: The unique toll of being a spiritual leader today
Spiritual leaders’ own pain often goes unnoticed as they tend to their community’s challenges.
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/ 6 months agoRocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island
Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a...
