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/ 1 year agoPope Francis’ approval of blessings for LGBTQ+ couples is a historic gesture, according to a Catholic theologian
In emphasizing the church’s love for all, including people in LGBTQ+ relationships, the pope has sidestepped thorny doctrinal issues.
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/ 1 year agoWhy do some men commit domestic violence? Trauma and social isolation may play a role
Childhood adversity can put people at risk of perpetrating domestic violence in the future. Having a supportive social network and learning...
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/ 1 year agoGuatemala’s anti-corruption leader-to-be could be prevented from taking office, deepening migration concerns for US
Anti-democratic actions and government corruption are key reasons many Guatemalans migrate to the US.
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/ 1 year agoWild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs
Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in North America, harming land, crops and wildlife.
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/ 1 year ago2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat...
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/ 1 year agoMore city hall news coverage isn’t enough to revive local news outlets
There are lots of ideas about how to save local news. One of them is that increasing coverage of local politics...
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/ 1 year agoHow active are the microorganisms in your yogurt? We created a new tool to study probiotic activity — and made it out of cardboard
Probiotics are great for your gut, but which sources contain the most beneficial bacteria? Newly developed sensors are helping scientists figure...
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/ 1 year agoDigital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped...
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/ 1 year agoFinding objective ways to talk about religion in the classroom is tough − but the cost of not doing so is clear
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes...
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/ 1 year agoDo you hear what I see? How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your...
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/ 1 year agoWhy are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial vacuums grow
Pictures of black holes have a white outline around them when photographed, due to one of black holes’ unique and key...
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/ 1 year agoTeaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness
Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how...
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/ 1 year agoMore vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable...
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/ 1 year agoAfter 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
More than three-quarters of the world’s nations engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in...
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/ 1 year agoA bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s behind such outrageous prices?
The history of whiskey is one of perception, not necessarily quality.
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/ 1 year agoStudents could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later
Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones...
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/ 1 year agoPaying people to replant tropical forests − and letting them harvest the timber − can pay off for climate, justice and environment
It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic...
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/ 1 year ago100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics
Most of the Klan’s victims were African American, but many other groups have been targeted during the hate group’s century and...
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/ 1 year agoRacism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist...
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/ 1 year agoA US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana’s importance in the world of spying
Cuba gets less attention as an espionage threat than Russia or China, but is a potent player in the spy world....
