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Research suggests that quantum effects influence biological functions. If true, this means that we could possibly control physiological processes by using the quantum properties of biological matter.

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority returns to one of its favorite victims.

This book covers more than two centuries of American history, seeking to explain the evolution and enduring power of a racially inflected understanding of freedom.

Gov. Wes Moore’s credibility in the largest city in Maryland rides on building a light-rail line long blocked by racist fears.

With Glacier, eight justices sabotaged the most powerful weapon unions have: the strike.

The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller.

Push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.

Evolutionary theorists propose that female desire for domineering males helped create a patriarchal world

In the early years of the Cold War, the academic study of international relations was an ideological tool serving the foreign policy of the United States and its allies. But in the 1960s, a new generation of scholars began to challenge the reigning orthodoxy.

As African-American families leave Chicago, the percentage of poor black students in the suburbs has grown dramatically, straining already cash-strapped school districts.