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Were these protesters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025, inspired by Thomas Paine? Alex Brandon/AP

Economy

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

Staff Writer - October 9, 2025

Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them on ACA subsidies and Medicaid cuts. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images News

Economy

How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means

The economy keeps growing, but the pace of business investment has been slowing for some time. What gives? Kirpal Kooner/Getty Images Plus

Economy

Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox

The Fed’s job can seem like a balancing act. Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Economy

Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring

Interest rates are a tricky balancing act, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell knows well. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Economy

Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation

Not advisable. John Giles/PA Images via Getty Images

Economy

US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows

Staff Writer - April 23, 2025

DeepSeek’s language AI rocked the tech industry, but it comes up short on one measure. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning

Staff Writer - April 21, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as his then-Fed chair nominee Jerome Powell steps to the lectern. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Economy

Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that...

Staff Writer - April 18, 2025

Amazon partnered with Dominion Energy to build solar farms in Virginia to power its cloud-computing service. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Economy

Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even...

Staff Writer - April 11, 2025

How many stairs would you climb for that payoff? Ozgur Donmaz/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Economy

Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done –...

Staff Writer - April 6, 2025

An activist protests the lifting of TPS status for Venezuelans in Doral, Fla. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Economy

Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti...

Staff Writer - April 5, 2025

A cargo ship and containers are seen at the Port of Keelung in Taiwan on April 3, 2025. I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

More than just chips: Chinese threats and Trump tariffs could disrupt...

Staff Writer - April 4, 2025

Specialists across numerous fields of medicine are in short supply. sudok1/iStock via Getty Images

Economy

Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the...

Staff Writer - March 31, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd

Articles

Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2025

Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...

About 20% of patients report experiencing a fever during pregnancy. John Fedele/Tetra images via Getty Images Plus

As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

October 3, 2025

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

September 29, 2025

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025