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/ 4 days agoNew Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and state
Historians may not know much about Silvester’s life, but the era he lived in was pivotal for Christianity.
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/ 4 days ago5 elections to watch in 2025
Experts on politics in Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines weigh in on what to expect as each country’s voters...
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/ 4 days agoWhat are macros? An exercise and nutrition scientist explains
An exercise science specialist defines this nutrition term you might hear tossed around by people who are focused on a particular...
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/ 4 days agoFrom new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an...
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/ 4 days agoWhat does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?
‘Forecasting is for the weather,’ economists say. But it can be fun anyway.
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/ 7 days ago3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can linger long-term in homes that escape burning
The fire burned more than 1,000 homes outside Boulder, Colorado, in 2021. A series of surveys shows residents’ continuing health concerns,...
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/ 1 week agoWhales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there...
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/ 1 week agoOctopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier − here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures
Animal welfare laws don’t protect invertebrates, but there’s evidence that some, such as octopuses, are as intelligent as many mammals –...
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/ 1 week agoBob Dylan and the creative leap that transformed modern music
Just a few years into his career, Dylan decided he wanted to subvert the expectations of his fans – and rebel...
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/ 1 week agoAfter Hurricane Helene, survivors have been in a race against time to protect family heirlooms, photographs and keepsakes
Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ground in North Carolina...
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/ 1 week agoClimate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers
Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content. This could...
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/ 1 week agoIn Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like real Polynesian explorers − an astronomer explains how these methods work
Disney’s ‘Moana’ movies have brought a new level of excitement for astronomy and wayfinding, says an astronomer who regularly hosts planetarium...
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/ 1 week ago2 populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell researchers where the Earth got its oceans
Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.
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/ 1 week agoLanguage AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents
The rubber met the road for language AIs in 2024. The hard realities led to new, smaller models and safety measures...
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/ 1 week agoThe ‘choking game’ and other challenges amplified by social media can come with deadly consequences
Although these activities have been around for decades, there are signs that some are making a comeback.
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/ 1 week agoClimate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant
Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or...
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/ 1 week agoDetroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing
19 US cities have introduced local reparations initiatives to address historic harms against Black residents. But designing a program that is...
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/ 2 weeks ago3D-printed guns, like the one allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, are a growing threat in the US and around the world
The use of 3D-printed guns in criminal and violent activities is likely to continue to increase. And governments and police will...
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/ 2 weeks agoWhat does the US attorney general actually do? A law professor explains
The combined political and legal roles and responsibilities of the US attorney general can create conflicts. Some attorneys general yielded to...
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/ 2 weeks agoColorado now has one of the nation’s most liberal abortion access laws, but ballot measures to restrict abortion have a long history in the state
Colorado voters have been asked 10 times since 1970 to vote on abortion ballot measures.
