The issues contested in the second-story courtroom of the Rhea County courthouse may seem long settled, but they still divide ...

America marks a century of condescension toward religious fundamentalists that spread from the trial in Tennessee of a ...

It's widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave ...

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through Earth from the most massive collision of black holes ever observed, a ...

Human conflict arises from traits such as tribalism, aggression, and irrationality. To mitigate conflict, we must reframe our ...

Under President Donald Trump, the GOP has decided to go nuclear. The federal government’s support of science and medicine is being systematically destroyed by devastating cuts to research, agencies ...

The Trump administration has proposed closing either the LIGO Hanford observatory in WA or its twin in Louisiana.

High in Fiji’s rainforest, the ant plant Squamellaria grows swollen tubers packed with sealed, single-door “apartments.” ...

In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

A column about fixed-odds wagering on horse racing and the possibilities in sports betting-rife North America.