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/ 9 months agoMurderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are...
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/ 9 months agoNikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history
A presidential candidate’s ‘home state advantage’ should help them win a primary, which then bodes well for how they do in...
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/ 9 months agoHow politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake
Electoral redistricting is a high-stakes political game, so Democrats and Republicans have a hard time playing fair. When they’re made to...
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/ 9 months agoSeparate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended racial discrimination in public places, relics of the Jim Crow South still...
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/ 9 months agoNearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states: A pharmacologist explains the controversy
Long-term use of kratom may actually reduce pain tolerance and cause physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
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/ 9 months agoHow Lula’s big-tent pragmatism won over Brazil again – with a little help from a backlash to Bolsonaro
The third-term president has used his experience and personal relationships with lawmakers to build the majorities that now support his agenda.
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/ 9 months agoWhy does a leap year have 366 days?
Humans have synced their calendars to the sun and moon for centuries, but every so often, these systems need a little...
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/ 9 months agoFAFSA website meltdown: How to avoid additional frustration with financial aid applications
A college administrator offers insights into the rocky rollout of the Department of Education’s supposedly ‘simplified’ financial aid form.
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/ 9 months agoIs Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race
Russia isn’t likely to put nuclear missiles in space, but their reported anti-satellite weapon is just as alarming. An expert on...
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/ 9 months agoNavalny dies in prison, authorities say − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities...
