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Indecision reflects self-interest more than sensitivity - and leaves friends, family and acquaintances feeling disrespected.

Different paint recipes work for different uses. Two art conservators explain how analyzing paints from the past can reveal how they were made - and how best to preserve them.

The Viking missions paved the way for future Mars missions and helped researchers understand the red planet's climate and geology.

The Trump administration and members of Congress propose cutting environmental reviews and public involvement to boost logging. But data show reviews aren't the problem.

There are many legal ways for employers to advance their commitment to equal opportunity without discriminating against anyone.

President George Washington warned in his 1796 Farewell Address about dangers that lay ahead for the US - warnings that seem startlingly contemporary and relevant 229 years later.

A former FBI agent-turned-scholar says using National Guard troops to reduce crime in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore would violate legal prohibitions against domestic military law enforcement.

You're probably hearing references in the news to "Article 1," "Article 2" and "Article 3." Why are phrases usually associated with discussions of constitutional law now cropping up in politics?

Convention suggests wars are named after the participants or the place it which fighting takes place. But who chooses and why?

Parents can help their Black and Hispanic teens handle online racism by talking it through, but monitoring internet use can backfire.