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Rebuffed by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump is seeking to exploit a different tariff tool to regain leverage. Whether it succeeds remains in question.

Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment - people are discussing how to balance those concerns with political and economic goals.

What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world's earliest authors.

Astronomers want to understand how spiral galaxies form and get their massive spiral arms.

The founding generation in America was not of one mind. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson differed on crucial ideas, but exemplify the capacity for people to disagree and yet work for a common cause.

A long-running insurgency has recently flared up again in Pakistan's restive southwest province - complicated by instability in Iran and resource interest by the US.

Our engagement with AI is at a crossroads: Will we treat it as an all-knowing oracle or as a tool to expand our own way of seeing the world?

Do you actually know how a bicycle or a zipper work, or what a penny or a common brand logo look like? Intellectual humility can help reduce overconfidence in what you don't understand.

Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.

For two decades, researchers have studied soccer ball aerodynamics. Latest tests suggest the 2026 ball is more stable, but with a slightly shorter range.