The slightly disgusting secret ingredient that has historically made food dye, lipstick, and even the cloaks of Roman Catholic cardinals so vibrant.

Betty Boop was literally designed to be a bombshell, but around 1935, her creators decided to change her appearance.

Concentrations of iron manganese nuggets and other metals in the deep seabed have stirred up interest in mining. But at what cost?

It's hard to know how to respond to imaginative play that looks violent. Some experts say it's best to go ahead and let little kids play superhero anyway.

Japanese women are protesting the widespread policy of mandatory high heels at work.

Machines can write compelling ad copy and solve complex "real life" problems. Should the creative class be worried?

To prevent several millions tons of plastic from flushing into the ocean every year, engineers are paving roads with it.

Well-researched stories from Vice, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

In the 1920s, Mexican immigrants to the United States challenged the country's notions of who was white and who was not.

The Trump administration has moved to significantly weaken the ESA, limiting consideration of climate change when identifying species as endangered.