Legend has it that a heroic American commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill implored his men to hold their fire until their ...

In spring 1863, The Atlantic published a feature on Sojourner Truth written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which inspired activist ...

The United States is short on educators. According to estimates from Brown University, there are roughly 55,000 vacant K-12 ...

Inflation plays a role, of course, but there’s another major reason behind the spike in high vet costs: clinics going corporate. Many vet practices and hospitals that were previously independently ...

Elephants demonstrate complex behaviors that researchers have associated with empathy and mourning, pointing to the animals’ ...

Coyotes ( Canis latrans) and wolves ( Canis lupus) are two closely related species from the dog (Canidae) family. Though they ...

Avid doers of The New York Times crossword now have the chance to be on the other side of the puzzle: Its editors are ...

If you want to make your money really stretch this month, you might have to wait until Memorial Day weekend (but the discounts will be worth it).

The word for a car in Spain is el coche, but in most of Latin America, the term refers to a baby stroller; in Mexico, it’s ...

In the latest episode of Misconceptions, host Justin Dodd is investigating some enduring myths about journalism.

The show about nothing tried to make a show about guns.

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