Crisis in US complicates diplomacy abroad
Volatility has become the new norm in Washington as the president heads to Japan, where he will reassure world leaders that the debt ceiling showdown...
France’s far right: Adults in the room
Recent polls showed that if last year’s head-to-head presidential election were held now, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Rassemblement...
With 62 newly discovered moons, Saturn knocks Jupiter out
“They both have many, many moons,” said Scott Sheppard, an astronomer from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. But Saturn...
Pandemic threat that hasn’t gone away
Lax lab safety procedures are a global problem. There should be uniform standards for biosafety for research that isn’t necessarily going to spark a...
The Chill Factor How deep-diving sharks stay warm in the abyss
A study published Thursday in the journal Science shows how one species, Sphyrna lewini or scalloped hammerhead sharks, stay warm during their nightly...
The end is coming in maybe 100 billion years
How did we humans get into this fix? The universe as we know it originated in a fiery burst 13.8 billion years ago and has been flying apart ever...
Karnataka elections: More Modi, less Hindu nationalism
Having reached a saturation point in the votes that can be extracted through religious division in Karnataka, where caste rivalries among Hindus...
E-comm trends: Firms trying to make live shopping a reality
Poshmark is one of many companies racing to break into the United States’ nascent live shopping market, which is estimated to bring in $32 billion in...
