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How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental processes in animals and in people.

A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how close you got to reality.

White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags - and even US flags - during protests.

SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases from 1925 and 1972.

Adriana Smith's body was kept on life support for 16 weeks so her fetus could gestate. Abortion politics don't capture the ethical complexities of such situations.

Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay - your privacy.

Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It's not clear how far the US attack set back Iran's production of bomb-grade uranium.

An expert in American dialects explains how a 'health drink' from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.

Democratic governors and President Donald Trump agree to fight an invasion of non-native fish that has spread up the Mississippi River and threatens the Great Lakes.

One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.