Scientists' worst fears about Trump's cuts to research funding haven't come to pass, thanks to several legal challenges and ...

Divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64% since 1988, with almost all this coming after 2008, according to a study tracking polarization from the end of ...

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The Harvard political scientist says the real problem is a weak culture of debate on campuses, not ideological diversity.

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In A Nutshell The polarization surge was concentrated: American political polarization stayed relatively flat from 1988 to ...

COVID-19, beyond sickening many millions of people in this country and, in fact, worldwide, as well as exacting a heavy death toll, greatly ramped up a broad debate about the safety of vaccines, ...

NIST: Project 2025 proposes combining NIST with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Technical Information Service, creating a new Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards with ...

Bliss, a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, typically gets up at 6 a.m. to make the drive to rural Lake County, where she’s ...

The treaty put meaningful limits on the nuclear arsenals of both countries, but now it has expired with no plans to replace it.

In early 2026, the phrase "Very Chinese Time" went viral on global social media platforms. Content centered around China's ...

Beliefs can change, but rarely through facts alone. Identity, emotion, trust, and personal stories shape whether people open ...