For students across America each year, the use of corporal punishment for violating school rules is still a routine part of their education.
While they may lack some of the melodic qualities of birds or whales, there are almost 1,000 species of fish...
The number of voters registered as Democrats has tumbled in recent years in Florida, effectively removing the Sunshine State as...
When I started covering crime as a reporter for small newspapers in the 1980s, I was assigned to walk to...
What do witches have to do with your favorite beer?
When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs.
Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a...
Frustration with electric utilities is universal today. Whether it’s concerns over high rates, poor service or a combination of both, people are constantly...
Can a butterfly in Chicago cause a tornado in Hong Kong? A metaphorical concept called the “butterfly effect” describes the sensitivity of a system to minor changes.
The abrupt failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and subsequent concerns about the stability of other banks have reignited a fierce debate among...
As protests rock the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, there is a notable absence in the national public discourse: African American community leaders.
Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like...
People who don’t fit the dominant demographic of where they live can often be asked, “Where are you really from?” ...