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Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration
Repelled by American racism, thousands of free people of color bounced between New Orleans and Haiti in the 19th century.
Could a human enter a black hole to study it?
If you are a sci-fi junkie you’ve probably wondered what would happen if you were unlucky enough to fall into a black hole. How well you’d fare all depends on the type of black hole.
Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could
More people will be going to the Moon in coming years, and the way current legal frameworks are written could lead to conflict.
‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
An astronomer breaks down 3 key components that allow researchers to make groundbreaking discoveries – and decide when results aren’t significant.
As you experience or encounter new things, your brain must encode this information via the right neural networks at the right time.
(BPT) - Everyone's heard the FIFA World Cup 26™ is coming to Canada, Mexico and the United States in 2026, but this summer, sports fans in 11 cities across the United States will be able to …
Spokeo examined State Symbols USA and other resources to explore why state seals are significant and how they help us understand the U.S.
Detroit’s Black population grew sixfold from 1910 to 1920, and many businesses that sprouted to welcome the newcomers flourished.
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.
In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as ‘just as Jim Crow’ as the one she had attended in the South.
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Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, including unify the country and establish the speaker’s qualifications for the job.
The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.
The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all the people subjected to this unjustified incarceration.
Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team.
Ancient fossil footprints are the first evidence of two different hominin species − Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei − living in the same place at the same time.