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Many energy leaders see fossil fuel use continuing. Volker Hartmann/Getty Images With the federal government promising over US$360 billion in clean energy incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, energy companies are already lining up investments. It’s a huge opportunity, and analysts project that it could help slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by about 40% within […]

Amazon workers sort packages for delivery on East 14th Street in New York City, July 12, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] How many Amazon packages get delivered each year? – […]

A 1913 postcard shows the U.S. House of Representatives in the year its membership was fixed by law at 435. vintagehalloweencollector via Flickr, CC BY-ND As the population of the U.S. has grown over the past century, the House of Representatives has gotten worse at being representative of the people it serves. That doesn’t have […]

Voting at home by mail can be very convenient – and safe from concerns about COVID-19. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images As the midterm elections approach, much of life has returned to its busy post-COVID-19 normal, even as the pandemic continues. Being busy and wary of sharing space with large numbers of strangers are among […]

The Rockingham County Sheriff's Department in Wentworth, N.C., is among the law enforcement agencies the AP found using the Fog Reveal location tracking tool. AP Photo/Allen G. Breed Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web […]

In-person school resumed earlier in Boston for special education students than for those without special needs. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images When schools shut down in March 2020, many of the nation’s roughly 7 million students in special education didn’t get the special education services to which they were entitled under federal […]

Dylan’s complex creative process is unique among contemporary singer-songwriters. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Over the course of six decades, Bob Dylan steadily brought together popular music and poetic excellence. Yet the guardians of literary culture have only rarely accepted Dylan’s legitimacy. His 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature undermined his outsider status, challenging scholars, fans and […]

Tutoring works best when it's built into the school day. FatCamera via Getty Images With reading and math scores plummeting during the pandemic, educators and parents are now turning their attention to how kids can catch up. In the following Q&A, Susanna Loeb, an education economist at Brown University, shines a light on the best […]

Tylenol overdose is one of the leading causes of liver injury requiring liver transplantation. Elena Merkulova/iStock via Getty Images The liver is known for its ability to regenerate. It can completely regrow itself even after two-thirds of its mass has been surgically removed. But damage from medications, alcohol abuse or obesity can eventually cause the […]

Till-Mobley watches the body of her son, Emmett, being lowered into his grave. Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on Aug. 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to reveal her son’s corpse for all to see. Till-Mobley’s choice allowed […]

Do students' views of people with different beliefs really change on campus? AP Photo/Darron Cummings Our research team has studied college students’ attitudes toward evangelicals, a topic that tends to prompt strong reactions. Some liberals don’t see the topic as worthy of discussion – why study whether Americans appreciate a privileged group with strong influence […]

Living conditions in a solitary cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country. Every day, up to 48,000 inmates – or around 4% of the incarcerated population – are […]