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/ 1 month agoDisaster evacuations can take much longer than people expect − computer simulations could help save lives and avoid chaos
The LA wildfires stand as a reminder that evacuating fast in the face of a disaster isn’t easy, even when you...
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/ 1 month agoSt. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration
In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics.
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/ 1 month agoIn asking Trump to show mercy, Bishop Budde continues a long tradition of Christian leaders ‘speaking truth to power’
A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death.
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/ 1 month agoNutrition advice is rife with misinformation − a medical education specialist explains how to tell valid health information from pseudoscience
It’s easy to get caught up in the promise of quick health fixes, but they are generally too good to be...
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/ 1 month agoGetting mail to your door is just one part of what the postmaster general does
The US Postal Service processes millions of passports, employs thousands of people and ensures the health of all Americans with last-mile...
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/ 1 month agoCanada and Greenland aren’t likely to join the US anytime soon – but ‘GrAmeriCa’ is a revealing thought experiment
A ‘new’ country wouldn’t have many more people or a much higher standard of living – but it would have a...
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/ 1 month agoDonors are down, but dollars are up – how US charitable giving is changing
While overall giving has grown, the ranks of American donors have declined.
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/ 1 month agoFederal threats against local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration orders could be unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia ruled against similar plans
If a federal prosecutor were to put a city’s mayor or a state’s governor in jail, what may be the greatest...
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/ 1 month agoI study democracy worldwide − here’s how Texas is eroding human rights, free expression and civil liberties
A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does Texas qualify?
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/ 1 month agoAssad’s fall opens window for Syrian refugees to head home − but for many, it won’t be an easy decision
More than 6 million Syrians fled the country after it descended into civil war in 2011.
