Thursday, August 27, 2026

People

Latest

What kids are doing on tablets seems to matter more than how long they use them. PeopleImages/iStock via Getty Images

People

Screen time guidelines for kids and adolescents have shifted as research paints a more nuanced picture

Staff Writer - July 19, 2026

Once America had become a country, a new government needed to be designed. Nazlisart/iStock Getty Images

People

After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

At times, feeling personally grateful to someone can feel like a big ask – but there are other forms of gratitude. Focus Pixel Art/Moment via Getty Images

People

How to be grateful to someone – even when you really don’t want to

A statue of Francisco de Miranda stands in Cuba. Riccardo Lombardo/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

People

For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different

An International Workers’ Day demonstration on May 1, 2026, in Havana includes a protest of the ongoing U.S. blockade of oil to Cuba. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images

People

Cuba’s future remains in limbo while Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy offers no clear path forward

‘You just didn’t mess around with federal judges,’ says a former federal judge. ‘It was a good way to get your head handed to you.’ sesame, DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images

People

‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years...

Staff Writer - April 19, 2025

Sen. Cory Booker speaks to reporters in the Senate Chamber after delivering a record-setting floor speech at the U.S. Capitol on April 1, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images`

People

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in...

Staff Writer - April 16, 2025

The Epidemic Intelligence Service has produced a cadre of highly trained public health experts over its 74-year history. peterhowell/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

People

How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home...

Staff Writer - April 15, 2025

Self-driving cars are only one example where it’s tricky but critical to align AI and human goals. AP Photo/Michael Liedtke

People

Getting AIs working toward human goals − study shows how to...

Staff Writer - April 14, 2025

‘Ecce Homo’ (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons

People

A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion – so why did many...

Staff Writer - April 13, 2025

People stand in line to vote in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2024. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

People

Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE Act has no basis in the...

Staff Writer - April 12, 2025

Supporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory in Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 8, 2024. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

People

Will Africa’s young voters continue to punish incumbents at the ballot...

Staff Writer - April 10, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 1, 2025. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

People

The ‘courage to be’ in uncertain times − how one 20th-century...

Staff Writer - April 9, 2025

1...565758...157 Page 57 of 157

EXPLORING NATURE

The ‘Three Pure Ones,’ the deities considered the most pure representation of the Dao. Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons

People

From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...

Staff Writer - July 6, 2026

Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....

Life went on in the late 18th century, regardless of your everyday ailments. Archive Photos/Getty Images

How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776?...

July 2, 2026

People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

July 1, 2026

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026