Eleven days after Miller made those comments, the homeland security secretary couldn’t even offer a basic definition of what habeas corpus is — despite the scope of her powers, and despite the ...

The new definition of the kilogram uses the Kibble balance (previously called a Watt balance). Here is the very basic way it works: You take something like a balance—with the balance arm and ...

When you read Gup’s column, perhaps you, too, will react so negatively to Trump as to reach the same instinctive reaction: that he lacks basic humanity as you define that term.

A basic definition of the word blether is tricky - in colloquial terms, people usually know it to mean a lengthy chat between friends.

The homeland security secretary was asked to define habeas corpus. Her outrageously wrong answer was humiliating — but it was also important. IE 11 is not supported.