Domestic plastic burning is prevalent in cities around the world, fuelled by poor waste management, survey finds.

This represents a growing threat to academic freedom: Students who act as informants and police their classes and professors for signs of political incorrectness.

World War II put Greenland on the map strategically for the U.S. military. In spring 1941, Denmark’s ambassador signed a treaty giving the U.S. military access to Greenland to help protect the island ...

Like many other regions in the Global South, Aceh’s vulnerability can be traced back to colonialism. Post-colonial ...

Cleaning your home can improve indoor air quality by temporarily reducing the amount of chemicals on surfaces that can find their way back into the air. For example, oleic acid from cooking, squalene ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Imagine a map that allows you to see what your neighborhood looked like a century ago in immense detail. What you’re thinking of is probably very much like the fire insurance maps ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration's efforts to expunge so-called diversity, equity and inclusion ...

ICE’s current use-of-force policy prohibits its officers from “discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle” unless it is necessary to stop a grave threat. The policy is explicit that ...

Shared decision-making sounds straightforward: a patient and their doctor putting their heads together to make an informed choice. But when applied to routine childhood vaccines, the concept shifts ...

Background Tobacco control is beginning to pay attention to additives and flavours in tobacco products but less so to the ...

Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists, and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy.

For many years, I lived in the Indian city of Chennai, where the summer temperatures can reach up to 44° C. With a population ...