Religion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in churches and mosques, in clothing, and in public rituals....
Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or...
Kratom, a traditional Southeast Asian herbal medicine from the leaves of the tropical tree Mitragyna speciosa, has gained favor in the U.S. as a legal high over the past decade.
The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like...
After two years of intense public debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the nation’s first national climate disclosure rules on...
As the Biden administration and Republicans negotiate a possible infrastructure spending package, how to pay for it has been a key sticking point.
Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis.
Let’s suppose you were an astronaut who just landed on the planet Mars. What would you need to survive? For starters,...
I’ve studied finance and financial markets since the 1970s, and I have never seen the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy get such...
Africa’s cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent’s grazing lands are lush and green in the...
Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to sharks preying on...
The accelerating loss of other species around the globe is so extensive that many experts now refer to it as...