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Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.

At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where visions of the nation are communicated to young people.

Hosting the FIFA World Cup games can prove a propaganda win for authoritarian nations. But the data suggests the tournament favors democracies.

As the national conversation shifts to political finger-pointing, an important environmental question deserves careful scrutiny: What is the best approach to maintain urban water quality?

A strong deal would build in real penalties for going back to war: automatic, reversible costs that fall on anyone who restarts the fighting.

Wikipedia has grown steadily in size and importance, but a shrinking core of volunteer administrators is straining the organization.

Black holes are a mainstay in sci-fi movies. How do these massive black holes, spread throughout our universe, actually work in real life?

Cities benefit from trees, which can cool concrete sprawls and improve air quality.

Young poets wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence and other challenges - but also showed an unwillingness to surrender to despair.

One law generally shields foreign governments and companies they own from lawsuits in US courts. Another lets many Cuban cases proceed, according to a new ruling.