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Gulf nations were already becoming anxious about Israel's apparently unconstrained regional activities. Now, a one-time thaw in relations may revert to a deep freeze.

A decade after the first discovery, scientists have used these waves to find a unique merger, a massive binary system and a crystal-clear gravitational wave signal.

The Estonian composer has written some of the world's most performed contemporary classical music. Many fans may not realize how deep the religious influences on his work are.

Chatbots can facilitate 'cognitive offloading,' or taking shortcuts when learning. But emerging research on AI and cognitive science shows that learning is like a workout.

Glass seems simple it's just sand and a few more ingredients. Yet mining and production are rarely local, raising questions about sustainability.

In the fall of 1985, two pioneering films offered radically different portrayals of AIDS - one intimate and confrontational, the other more cautious and network-friendly.

Media framing shapes people's understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets' failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.

An estimated 8% of US doctors had joined a union in 2024, up from 5.7% a decade earlier.

President Trump wants to punish states and cities that eliminate bail money, but releasing defendants pretrial without having to post bail doesn't lead to higher crime rates, data shows.

The region's authoritarian leaders have been buoyed by the loss of Iranian power. But such victories mask a region that is still very much beset by danger.