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Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.

Workers who get time off to relax, learn new skills or connect meaningfully with their friends and relatives have more energy, are in better moods and can do their jobs better.

As AI automates technical work, students and educators need to emphasize social skills and a high degree of self-awareness.

The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights violations in the region.

The 40-year-old 'vaccine court' relies on scientific evidence to determine whether a person experienced harm from a routine vaccination.

With little evidence or regulatory oversight, some mushroom products claim to improve cognitive function while posing a risk of serious side effects, including seizures and cardiovascular risk.

More and more universities are bringing in corporate-style marketing chiefs. New research shows what they're gaining - and where the returns fall flat.

Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, set the precedent for several other landmark cases about sex and privacy.

Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.

Colorado's governor declared a no-eating-meat day that sparked outrage in the state's rural communities.