The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education, including which books students should be able to read in public…
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Banking activity in the first four U.S. states to make recreational marijuana legal grew significantly more than in other parts of the country despite federal…
For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. But on May 5, 2021, the 60th anniversary of the first suborbital…
Twitter’s banning of Trump – an action also taken by other social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat – has opened a fierce…
Since becoming president-elect, Joe Biden has signaled that restoring America’s leadership on the world stage is among his highest priorities – an intention aptly demonstrated…
A committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is readying a report with recommendations for equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. In…
On May 30, 2020, millions of Americans watched the inaugural SpaceX Crew Dragon launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. This mission marked two…
How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe The launch of Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990.…