What Homer's 'Odyssey' can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation

Shakespeare's musings on religion are like curious whispers – they require deep listening to be heard

Best schools often out of reach for disadvantaged students in choice programs

You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?

Money alone can't fix Central America – or stop migration to US

Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican Party

The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer's trial

New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

Declaring racism a public health crisis brings more attention to solving long-ignored racial gaps in health

¿Aumento o pérdida de peso no deseado durante la pandemia? El estrés podría tener la culpa

For Vladimir Putin and other autocrats, ruthlessly repressing the opposition is often a winning way to stay in power

Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death, so why is no one talking about this?

GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia

How Richard Nixon's obsession with Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers sowed the seeds for the president's downfall

This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost

Biden to bring American troops home from Afghanistan

President Biden says the U.S. will begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan on May 1, with all forces out of the country before September 11.

Women tackle firefighting's risks and rewards

Women in the United States are rising up the ranks of firefighting and leading all-female crews in a field traditionally dominated by men. Learn more here.

Nations support U.S. holding Russia to account

The U.S. is sanctioning Russian intelligence and others for malign activities, including attempting to undermine the 2020 U.S. election.

U.S. supports transgender health clinics in India

For the past three years, the U.S. Consulate General Kolkata has helped foster public-private relationships to bring transgender health clinics to India.

U.S. rallies support for global vaccine distribution

The U.S. and Gavi are working to raise funds for COVAX, an initiative to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and provide vaccines to the world's poorest countries.

4 Arab Americans share their insights on the United States

These Arab Americans give speeches all over the world, detailing their experiences in the United States. Read their inspiring stories.

Blinken: We must prevent a climate catastrophe

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is ready to lead the global climate response and work with countries abroad to cap global carbon emissions.

U.S. calls on the Kremlin to end crackdown on media

The United States is standing up for press freedom in Russia, where the Kremlin cracks down on reporters, independent newsrooms and opposition voices.

Biden: U.S. will halve carbon emissions over next decade

During the Leaders Summit on Climate at the White House, President Biden explained how the U.S. will lead the way in creating a global green economy.

How 'homebody' tarantulas got to 6 continents

Tarantulas are known around the world, but they're actually homebodies. So how did they come to inhabit six of seven continents?

Is 1 vaccine dose enough if you've had COVID-19?

After somone has COVID-19, they may only need a single vaccine dose to produce a sufficient antibody response, say researchers.

Wildfire smoke may spark eczema and itch

Damage from wildfire smoke may extend to the largest organ in the human body and our first line of defense against outside threats: the skin.

At-risk people know PrEP prevents HIV but few take it

People at high risk for HIV know about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection, but few take it, a study finds.