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Assuming that sex is the key factor defining physical ability may undersell what many athletes are capable of.

These changes to how much Americans and US corporations give, if these projections prove accurate, would amount to about 1% of all donations made in 2024.

The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.

Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the idea of limited growth in the modern era.

From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today's privately developed commercial rockets, the landscape of spaceflight has changed dramatically.

How do instructors get students to trust their own thinking and be better than robots?

A pilot program in Los Angeles reduced the rate of homelessness among homeless people with pets.

Plants changed the atmosphere, built soil and created ecosystems that allowed animals like us to thrive. But first they had to make their way from the water to the land.

For many adults, anxiety may be the only visible symptom. When it fades, underlying ADHD, which may have been masked for years, finally becomes clear.

Relationships with real people can involve rejection, awkwardness, time and emotional labor. But in the 'goonverse,' desire is predictable, endlessly available and never says no.