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/ 6 months agoHow Jefferson and Madison’s partnership – a friendship told in letters – shaped America’s separation of church and state
More than 2,000 letters between the two founders are available online. Many attest to their deep commitment to religious freedom.
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/ 6 months agoDebate offers opportunity for errors, partisan spin − and maybe an opening for change
Featuring several unique rules, including no live audience and mics that cut off when it’s not a speaker’s turn, the debate...
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/ 6 months agoKidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why
As it is now, the transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for...
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/ 6 months agoWhen people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts
A study in Detroit finds large areas without pet resources, mainly in lower-income and minority neighborhoods. Better access to supplies and...
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/ 6 months agoLead water pipes created a health disaster in Flint, but replacing them with cheaper plastic − as some cities are doing − carries hidden costs
Durability and the risk of chemicals being released when pipes heat up are just 2 concerns about plastic pipes.
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/ 6 months agoGenetic testing cannot reveal the gender of your baby − two genetic counselors explain the complexities of sex and gender
Cell-free DNA prenatal screening, sometimes called ‘the gender test,’ cannot determine gender because gender is more than just genes and genitals.
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/ 6 months agoUS charitable giving dipped to $557B in 2023, but outlook is getting brighter
Grants from foundations are gradually growing as a share of all the donations Americans make.
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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...
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/ 6 months agoWhat the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy fossil reveals about nudity and shame
The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of the past.
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/ 6 months agoSpace radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
Spacecraft exteriors that automatically heal from radiation damage would change the game − one material shows promise.
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/ 6 months agoTraffic engineers build roads that invite crashes because they rely on outdated research and faulty data
A traffic engineer argues that, contrary to his profession’s view, ‘human error’ is not the main cause of deaths in car...
