The debate over welfare goes back surprisingly far.

Researchers recently sequenced the genome of a 200 year old bowhead whale.

There is a hidden cost of the Ebola epidemic: Africa’s great apes are declining.

In mountain and other wilderness areas where deep snows last well into the spring, the snow may be tinted red, green, orange, or yellow.

Scientists have isolated a new antibiotic from soil.

While science is clear that vaccines are safe and effective, it is silent on whether or not mandating compulsory vaccination is the right thing to do.

Is income inequality still a pressing global issue?

Fast fashion is a phenomenon that transcends the runway, crosses borders, and cuts across barriers of class, culture, and emerging economies

The Birth of a Nation—1915's blockbuster hit and the most popular movie of its day—was released 100 years ago this month.

The real-estate game Monopoly turns 80 in 2015