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American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.
Here’s how to sift through complicated studies without getting overwhelmed.
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
Contractors affected by affirmative action bans at the state level saw a drop in employee head count but were no less likely to go out of business.
Study suggests long-practiced strategy of taking out the heads of drug cartels may be missing underlying predictors of crime.
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
Specialized health care for brain-related issues can be lacking in rural areas, but collaborative, community-based approaches can help address these inequities.
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
Turns out, changing the way atoms and molecules are arranged in a substance can give it new and fascinating properties.
The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.
The ongoing war in Iran has created an expanding zone of risk for shipping, including for Saudi Arabia’s strategy of redirecting oil exports away from Hormuz.
Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.
Pope Leo is one of many popes to respond to technological change by drawing on a Catholic principle called ‘subsidiarity.’
A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.
Idling vehicles are easy targets for enforcement – they’re often left running for no good reason.
American faith in news is at an all-time low, aided by a president hostile to the press. But presidents have long attacked journalists as biased. What does objectivity really mean?
The men responsible for the bloodshed 150 years ago were never prosecuted; instead, they rose to South Carolina’s highest offices.