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Aneuploidy – when a cell has an irregular number of chromosomes – is a major cause of pregnancy loss. Scientists may have uncovered a gene that increases the risk of aneuploidy.
The corporate backlash shouldn’t be a surprise. Companies have increasingly played a more active role on social issues.
As senators begin revising No Child Left Behind, a new standardized test, PARCC, is being adopted by states to help prepare students enter college.
The protests over police shootings of unarmed black men may signify a new kind of civil rights movement based less on spectacle and more on social media and data.
Congress has shortchanged the IRS by $7.3 billion over the past five years, and taxpayers will increasingly pay the price.
April 15 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. But how did we come to commemorate the genocide of European Jewry in this way when survivors could barely speak of the horrors they endured?
The attention lavished on the handshake between Obama and Castro belies the hard work needed to create true, equal partnerships between the United States and Latin America.
Derailed train cars carrying oil have more communities concerned about spills. What’s behind the oil-by-rail boom and a federal agency’s ‘urgent’ call last week for better safety?
The Southern Baptist church is making a strong push to buck a societal trend. Should others follow suit?
A tenured professor reflects on how her race and gender make her invisible to many.
The vast majority of us will get a refund from the federal government, while the odds of an audit or worse are akin to getting struck by lightning.
As you wrestle with figuring out what you owe Uncle Sam, consider why the United States opted for an income tax back in 1913.
Criticism of Ohad Meromi’s ‘Sunbather’ has been swift and scathing. What does it say about our willingness to engage with art?
A new study has found that second-generation immigrant kids have a unique advantage over first-generation or even third-generation immigrants.
Women have made remarkable strides in politics but a Hillary Clinton White House would still have to contend with continuing sexism against women in public life.
Anti-American rhetoric, however alluring to Latin American governments, should be avoided by apolitical PR professionals.
Study of Pennsylvania, which has had a surge in unconventional drilling with fracking, suggests a link between fracking and higher levels of radon.
The upcoming encyclical from Pope Francis can transform the climate change culture wars in America.
With owners deeply divided over radio, a 20-year tug-of-war would ensue.
It may sound ironic, but eliminating corporate income taxes is a progressive idea that would lift wages, investment and the economy.
Labor can prove its continued relevance by highlighting its unique ability to ensure worker knowhow flows up to the executive suite.
People have been changing plant genomes ever since agriculture got started thousands of years ago. Here are the high-tech ways researchers insert new genes into plants now.
Last month Burger King took soft drinks off of their kids’ menu. But will making low-fat milk and apple juice the new default options change how kids eat?
Media reporting can not only create a perception of suicide clusters on university campuses, but it can affect the suicide rate in subtle ways.