Economy

Wealthy nations have fueled their industrial growth and urbanization by burning fossil fuels. This is the biggest cause of climate change, which now affects every country in the world, even developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, […]

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the United States finds itself in the midst of another public health crisis. This particular pandemic is a psychological one: widespread loneliness and isolation.This article was originally published […]

It is hard nowadays to find topics on which people agree. Ironically, though, all agree on one point: that disagreement has reached peak levels. People are united in recognizing that society has become polarized.This article […]

Travelers could “opt in” for a lower-emissions hotel room and go without single-use shampoo and conditioner, daily towels or room cleaning following an innovative plan by University of Queensland researchers to make tourism more eco-friendly.This […]

If you filled out a March Madness bracket this month, you probably faced the same question with each college match-up: What gives one team an edge over another? Is it a team’s record through the […]

As global food prices rise and reducing food waste remains a top priority, a groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals how blockchain technology could revolutionize the grocery industry. By increasing transparency […]

We may never know if St. Valentine, a martyr beheaded for officiating the forbidden weddings of persecuted Christians, was keen on chocolate and flowers. But we do know that millions of people around the world […]

People in marginalized groups are less likely to accurately remember the extent of discrimination they have suffered in the past when conditions improve for other members of their groups—even if these conditions don’t improve for […]

In the middle of Super Bowl LIX, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he was getting rid of the penny. Since the lowly penny in 2024 cost about 3.7 cents to make—meaning the […]

Once, if you wanted to buy romance novels, you had to know where to look. Some small outlets stocked paperback romances, as well as department stores like Big W in Australia and Walmart in the […]