The Covid-19 pandemic and concurrent economic collapse have been remarkable for their uneven impact. The coronavirus has decimated elderly populations while largely sparing children. The U.S. GDP plunged by the…
Guardians put themselves on the line to defend the ideals sacred to democracy. In 2020, they fought on many fronts. When George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis in May, it was…
Miri Tzahi, famed for the images she captured in the Jewish settlements and the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza, died of cancer, at age 66 Photojournalist Miri (Miriam)…
IN A special holiday episode, we travel to the Russian Arctic to meet the "prophet of the permafrost", take an extraterrestrial hike in the tracks of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars and…
Karin Lehmkuhl Bodony and Matthew Burtner have turned the electromagnetic field of the Northern Lights into music WHAT SOUND does the solar system make? Usually only children, scientists and philosophers…
The coronavirus pandemic has had devastating mental health effects on Americans, and drug abuse is hitting record levels. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that over 81,000…
Experts share the problems that affected most of their patients during the pandemic and offer advice on how to cope if you're struggling, too. For many people, 2020 has been…
A park ranger tasered Darrell House, who is Oneida and Navajo, after he stepped off trail while on a walk at Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque. A park ranger was…
The Black Lives Matter movement, founded in 2013, has changed the way the nation talks about race. But the organization itself may be disconnected from local chapters. In 2013, Alicia…
In the final of the Christmas Lectures on BBC Four, environmental scientist Tara Shine will talk about carbon emissions and their impact on our planet. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures…