The U.S. has seen a large number of billion-dollar disasters in recent years. AP Photo/Mark Zaleski
Business

Why home insurance rates are rising so fast across the US...

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Theodore Roosevelt speaks during the Progressive campaign of 1912. AP Photo
Diplomatic

A brief history of former presidents running for reelection: 3 losses,...

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Will Rogers made a career out of making fun of politics and politicians − with a generous spirit. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
Celebrities

View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense:...

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Philadelphia had 563 homicides in 2021 – the deadliest year on record. Alex Potemkin/E+ Collection via Getty Images
culture

Gun violence in Philadelphia plummeted in 2024 − researchers aren’t sure...

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Can you hold a positive emotion simultaneously with a negative one? Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images
Health

Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you...

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More than 1,000 Nepalis were ‘disappeared’ during the decade-long civil war. AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha
culture

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to...

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One hemisphere has summer, while the opposite has winter. Prasit photo/Moment via Getty Images
Education

Why can’t it always be summer? It’s all about the Earth’s tilt

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The first wind phone was built in 2010 in Otsuchi, Japan. Matthew Komatsu/Wikimedia Commons
culture

Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief...

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A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND
Environment

Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and...

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