Research has repeatedly found that stadiums generate little economic benefit, while subsidy referendums often fail when put before voters. Yet team owners continue to receive billions in tax dollars.
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There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for to stay safe.
Un abogado especializado en derechos civiles ofrece una guía para que los votantes conozcan sus derechos a la hora de votar.
Some stars turn into black holes at the end of their lifespans, once they stop burning the fuel in their cores.
The military newspaper earned credibility by informing troops about the good, the bad and everything in between. But the Pentagon’s recent crackdown on the paper is putting that trust to the test.
When it comes to transportation, there’s a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.
First-year college women are particularly at risk for being sexually assaulted. Campus intervention programs can help decrease that risk.
These apps and software programs could provide access to lifesaving screening – if researchers can find a way to remove the baked-in bias.
What role might DSA-affiliated candidates play if they win election to Congress in the midterms and the Democrats gain a majority in the House of Representatives?
Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
Shoppers are increasingly hunting for value, which puts the onus on businesses to tread carefully when justifying price hikes.
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that eat more fish are more successful at sustaining their numbers.
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant physical and mental health risks.
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.
In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.
Targeted grazing is gaining interest as fire risk rises, particularly in hard-to-manage areas of the Western US. But it isn’t always as simple as it seems.
Retrospectives on Yayoi Kusama often point to mental illness as the source of her inspiration. But before she made it big, she was a young girl inspired by traveling the world for the first time.
On Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.
Uncle Sam may receive charitable gifts, but that doesn’t give presidents free rein on how to spend those funds.
Research shows that humans are susceptible to simple stories and biased toward arguments that fit their current perspectives. Here’s how to confront those tendencies.
The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the aesthetic values of the environment.