The Trump administration will stop accepting asylum applications from migrants who could have claimed asylum in a different country before entering the U.S., it announced on July 15.
The new interim immigration...
As the public and government regulators around the world discuss whether and how to manage the power of technology companies, one idea that keeps coming up is breaking up these large conglomerate corporations into smaller pieces. Public distrust for tech...
On July 4 and 5, two major earthquakes, followed by several thousand smaller ones, struck Southern California. Their size and the damage they caused captured attention around the country.
What tends to get much less notice from the public is...
On July 20, 1969, an estimated 650 million people watched in suspense as Neil Armstrong descended a ladder towards the surface of the Moon.
As he took his first steps, he uttered words that would be written into history books for generations to come: “That’s...
Read more: Did we mishear Neil Armstrong's famous first words on the Moon?
New Orleans averted disaster this month when tropical storm Barry delivered less rain in the Crescent City than forecasters originally feared. But Barry’s slog through Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and...
Read more: As flood risks increase across the US, it's time to recognize the limits of levees
History often focuses on the immediate death toll of war. But hostilities can have longer-term consequences on a population’s health.
In our new study published on June 5, weinvestigatedhow U.S. Air Force bombing in Vietnam during 1965 to 1975...
Escaping violence, war, poverty and environmental disaster, more people than ever are migrating worldwide. Some 258 million people – 3.4% of the global population – live outside their country of...
Read more: When migrants go home, they bring back money, skills and ideas that can change a country
“Hidden Figures” and “First Man” were arguably the most inspirational space-themed movies of the last several years. Both, though, had to reach back to the glory days of John Glenn and Neil Armstrong. The faces of my children after watching these...
Read more: Young Americans deserve a 21st-century Moonshot to Mars
Iran recently exceeded the limits on uranium enrichment set out in its nuclear deal with the U.S. and five...
Read more: What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? Here's why it's still important
At an International Astronomical Union meeting in 1955, noted astronomer Gerard Kuiper asked for suggestions and collaborators on a project to make a map of the Moon. At the time, the best lunar atlases had hand-drawn images, and Kuiper wanted to use...
