Various checks and balances exist to calm the potential authoritarian drift of the new US president. Donald Trump's own ...

After all, it’s clear that many Americans feel disengaged from science or democracy or both. One reason may be that they blame science and technology for causing or failing to solve big problems, from ...

Fans of Scientific American might have hoped that activist journalism would leave the magazine along with former editor Laura ...

There's a slight problem with President Donald Trump's moratorium on the use of certain words he has deemed "worrisome or ...

I’m up on Cape Cod, and I get a message from one of my staff saying, “You don’t want to see this, but you better read it.” It ...

Respectful and constructive dialogue is vanishing from American political life. There is, arguably, no more urgent question ...

The Village Bohemian counterculture movement in the late 19th century and early 20th, with its artistic creativity and ...

Dr. Mark Rankin teaches British literature, focusing mainly in the early modern period. The main way politics exist in his classes is through looking at the way that the politics of the authors and ...

In India, tigers haven't just survived they're making a comeback. Despite a growing population and increasing pressure on their habitats, the number of wild tigers is rising. The reason? According to ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s narrow victory in the 2024 elections comes under the shadow of Beijing’s aggression, a divided political landscape and shifting international dynamics.

U.S. scientists, unaccustomed to shock-and-awe political assaults, are reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive orders on DEI, gender and other subjects.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is expected to vacate her seat to serve in the Trump administration, creating a special ...