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If conversion therapy is deemed speech, then bans on it likely will fall.

From the Salem witch trials to McCarthyism and Charlie Kirk's killing, an exaggerated fear of a particular group has resulted in repression from liberals and conservatives.

Virtual reality might seem like an unlikely way to help kids develop empathy, but the right VR environment can do just that.

Marie Curie's daughter Irene continued her family's Nobel legacy by discovering artificial radioactivity.

Washington's 'warrior ethos' was grounded in decency, temperance and the capacity to act with courage without surrendering to rage. That ideal built an army - and in time, a republic.

With hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed as part of the latest US government shutdown, a scholar explains why such events never occur in the UK.

Without support from the community, workplace, government and society as a whole, even doctors have trouble breastfeeding - a challenge commercial infant formula companies take advantage of.

There are few, if any, alternative sources of food insecurity data that don't rely on the survey the government is ending.

From Babe Ruth's barnstorming tours to Shohei Ohtani's star power, baseball's century-long ties to Japan have grown into one of Major League Baseball's most reliable global growth strategies.

Amid negotiations, Democrats may feel like they finally have some leverage against the Trump administration, according to a political science scholar.