Boo! Feeling scared on Halloween can be fun for children but can sometimes push their limits
Halloween is an opportunity for children to explore the balance between excitement and fear. Ronaldo Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images Halloween…
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2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds
Voters mark their primary election ballots at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 3, 2026. This year’s…
Ancestors all around – millions of dead people linger in Americans’ memories
Millions of deceased family members are gone but not forgotten by the living. Wolfgang Vrede/Unsplash Halloween kicks off a series…
Horror films exploit how human vision works to deliver movies’ best scares
Scary movies use visual tricks to build unease and frighten the audience. skynesher/E+ via Getty Images This article contains spoilers…
Why haven’t farm animals evolved against humans? A biologist explains why there won’t be a chicken uprising anytime soon
What will it take for the chickens on the farm to stage a revolt? Finn Mund/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Curious Kids…
Belonging and belief: Why evangelical churches draw many migrants in the US
People pray during a service in a storefront church in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images…
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from moving Forest Service headquarters to Utah
A sign for a camp site managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the Ashley National Forest is pictured on…
Democrats could flip legislative chambers, break GOP supermajorities, analysis finds
Members of the New Hampshire state House meet during session this May. Both of New Hampshire’s legislative chambers are considered…
For centuries, bird migration was a mystery – a tech revolution is changing that, and could help save these amazing creatures
Noisy tricolored blackbirds can be found in fields and wetlands in the Pacific coast states, but they are losing habitat.…
Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn
Domesticated crops emphasize characteristics people value, like easy-to-harvest rice grains. anand purohit/Moment via Getty Images Oryza rufipogon is an ordinary-looking…
Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica’s role in exploring the cosmos
The Moon rises behind the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Alicia Fattorini, IceCube/NSF When Belgian American particle physicist…
What we talk about when we talk about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to Iran
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives on May 16, 2026, in Norfolk, Va. Mike Kropf/Getty Images Where has…
How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an extremely quiet 2026 season
Hurricane Isaias just after making landfall near Destin, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2026. NOAA Hurricane Isaias shattered the peace of…
Anne Carson’s Nobel-winning, genre-defying work bridges the gap between ancient Greek literature and modern life
Canadian essayist, poet and translator Anne Carson in New York City at the 2024 National Book Awards. Jay Dixit/WikiPortraits via…
IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory sits on tons of clear ice at the South Pole, allowing scientists to detect neutrino interactions.…
I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel-winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space
The IceCube observatory sits atop the South Pole's 1.8-miles-thick pure, clear ice sheet. Ilya Bodo, IceCube/NSF Standing at the South…