In 2012, Brooklyn’s Mike Matthews was at work when one of his coworkers came into the office, lamenting a recent breakup. As she opened up to him, a singular thought crossed his mind: She needs to ...

Over the weekend, attackers opened fire at a Jewish celebration at Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. The attackers, who police say are a father and son duo, may have caused much more ...

In 2014, Michelle Poler moved to New York City for graduate school and found herself more anxious than ever. Instead of trying to gain control of every situation in her life, she decided to surrender ...

As the Trump administration rolls out another heavy-handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in a United States city, residents of Charlotte, North Carolina are not going down without a ...

The late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin has been an inspiration to countless animal lovers over the years. And researchers R.S. Naveen, S.R. Chandramouli, and Zeeshan A. Mirza are no exception. The ...

It’s no secret that homosexual behavior is natural in the animal kingdom. Bonin flying foxes, a type of bat, curl up in same-sex clusters to keep warm during mating season. Male zebra finches form ...

Massachusetts is home to 13,000 acres of cranberry bogs, making it the second-largest cranberry-producing region in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world. The bright, red berries are the state’s ...

Zac Clark was a freshman at the University of San Francisco when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He moved out of his dorm and into the Tenderloin, a low-income neighborhood in the Bay Area. From his ...

As electrification infrastructure expands across Europe, Austria encountered a problem: the general public is not fond of how the new pylons — which resemble traditional power lines — look. So, the ...

As an estimated 1.4 million federal workers enter a third week either furloughed or working without pay, private nonprofits continue to show up in support of those impacted by the government shutdown.

In Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public School District, cell phone bans have made way for students to read for pleasure. The district is following a new state law that prohibits cell phone use during ...

A backyard in the heart of London hosts an array of animals that you’d just as easily find in yards across the United States, including squirrels, rabbits, foxes, and local birds. But there’s one ...