The U.S. Department of Energy has an ambitious goal to scale up direct air capture, a technology that uses chemical reactions to capture CO2 from air. We asked a pioneer about the state of the technology and where it’s headed.
Sidney Poitier broke the mold of what a Black actor could be in Hollywood. The most fascinating aspect of Poitier’s career was his political and racial symbolism, intertwined with the civil rights movement.
The notion of a possible armed rebellion has since spread through the Republican Party and has been espoused by party leaders and elected officials.
Betty Crocker's name was invented as a customer service tool that would sound friendly and personal; also it seemed more likely that female customers would trust a woman.
The move to republicanism represents an important attempt by the state to, in the words of youth activist and founder of the Barbados Muslim Association, Firhaana Bulbania, cast off “the mental chains that continue to persist in our mindsets.”
At 68%, support for unions is at its highest level since 1965. Most Americans think union decline has hurt working people. Can public support buoy union organizing drives?
Small errors incorporated into the genome when a pathogen copies itself offer clues to reconstruct chains of transmission and learn about epidemic dynamics along the way.
Medieval weapons laws, including a 1328 English statute prohibiting the public carry of edged weapons without royal permission, are at the center of dueling legal opinions in the most important gun rights before the Supreme Court since 2008.
Both support for, and opposition against, question 2 in Minneapolis highlights the complex racial politics around both fear of police violence and fear of crime.
Athletes in three of the five major male team sports – the NBA, NFL and MLS – have come out while still playing, but not one of more than 20,000 men who have played major league baseball. What’s taken so long?
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