"When you try to control music, you strangle it." -Flea
On July 8, 1962, the United States detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear weapon 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean. The Starfish…
A new study shows that ultra-processed foods lead to weight gain, disrupt hormones, and introduce harmful substances linked to declining…
Nepal said on Thursday it would block access to more than two dozen social media platforms, including Facebook and X, for…
Labor Day weekend is behind us. Some households have returned from the beach, the mountains, and lake towns, and schools…
A recent update to the US’s federal energy policy may be one of the most overlooked yet prove to be…
In the fall of 2016, as wind-stoked wildfires raced across parched forest and threatened lives around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, state and…
There are 3,245 registered lobbyists, 120 legislators. As a legislative geek, I compared the number of lobbyists to legislators in…
The National Safety Council reports that Americans are more likely to die from an opioid overdose than a car crash or suicide. This article was originally published…
The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks…
Gregory Walls knows Lafayette, Louisiana. It’s where he studied, planted roots, and built a life. This article was written by…
He’s been called the “go-to expert for all things spaceflight” by the New York Times, and “the archivist of world…
In densely populated urban areas, trees may be the leafy secret to an increase in property values. This article was…