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A recent March of Dimes report finds a decline in those getting early prenatal care. Experts explain why that's an issue and ...

Explore how hidden bias shapes daily life at Atlantic Cape's Smithsonian exhibit “The Bias Inside Us,” Jan. 26–Feb. 20 at the ...

The Trump appointees blasted the "improperly anemic governmental speech analysis" by the panel, which relied on the "mere ...

Contemporary physics has learned to describe the universe with unprecedented precision. Yet when it tries to say what time is, it stumbles again and ...

In fiscal year 2025, explicit government subsidies in the form of tax expenditures for the energy sector total $64.1 billion. Those going to renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy-efficient ...

Three Trump appointees dissented from the denial. One compared the mandate to take courses in implicit bias to "state-sanctioned groupthink." ...

For therapist Jordan Alam, the goal is to become a better navigator of emotional waves, rather than to hide from the storm.

This year was awash in legal news nationally, with federal courts taking an outsize role in responding to executive branch ...

From the self-watching self to the predicting brain, explore 12 neuroscience-backed perspectives on consciousness. Discover ...

The speakers’ list for that event was a Who’s Who of American conservatism, but the absence of three prominent right-wingers—the late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, white-nationalist streamer Nick ...