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Some Americans are discovering that monetary help they received from friends, neighbors or even strangers may be treated as taxable income.

While genes do influence some food preferences, positive experiences can help make new tastes easier to swallow.

Well-designed school library policies make space for community feedback while preserving intellectual freedom.

AI systems are getting good at optimizing persuasion in commerce. They are also quietly becoming tools for strategic influence.

Colleges and universities are taking on different approaches to how their students are using AI - but with a shared recognition that they cannot prevent it altogether.

A red chalk sketch for the Sistine ceiling fetched an eye-popping sum at auction, reflecting the artist's lifelong belief that drawing and design - not painting - were the wellspring of all great art.

The word 'meekness' might seem old-fashioned - and not a positive trait. But understanding its original meaning can identify an important virtue.

It's difficult to measure what is lost when an opinion is never voiced and impossible to catalogue the arguments that never form because a speaker calculates the risk and decides silence is safer.

The 'equal time' rule has been around for a century and aims to promote broadcasters' editorial independence and free expression - an idea that is now under threat from the FCC.

Polling in Russia suggests strong support for President Vladimir Putin. Yet below the surface, popular sentiment is more mixed.