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A researcher just won a Nobel Prize for detecting tiny particles from space. Scientists now want to get better at figuring out where in the cosmos they come from.
Most parents of young children today haven’t experienced the devastating childhood diseases that used to be common before vaccines were developed.
Choosing your own words can reveal how you really feel about a person or situation.
Repeatedly talking about consent with teenagers and young adults is necessary to help them understand the risks of sexual assault.
Generations of young Philadelphians experienced science firsthand by wandering through Dinosaur Hall, examining dozens of wildlife dioramas or visiting the butterfly garden.
An information science scholar analyzed statements by 17 presidents and found that Trump has rarely spoken of libraries at all – and when he has, he’s dismissed their importance.
Cringe can generate enthusiasm among conservative voters by trolling the left while reducing serious policy debates to the level of online memes.
Many standard measures of economic health are strong, but voters in both parties are increasingly pessimistic.
A reorganization of civil rights investigations in education likely means many complaints will never be investigated and others will take years to solve.
There is an irony in Anne Carson’s Nobel win: The highest award in literature has gone to a writer who has spent her career exploring the emptiness of a desire fulfilled.
A court has ordered Allegheny County’s first full reassessment since 2012. A finance scholar explains how assessed values and millage rates add up to your tax bill.
African guides drew lines in the sand to help Europeans understand the terrain. But they rarely got the credit.