After storm-induced torrential rains have devastated many locales in recent years, it seems appropriate to trot out this old gem of pres ...

According to UNESCO 2016: Studies indicate that instruction in a student’s native language improves understanding, analytical ...

Career leaders at the FBI Washington Field Office are reportedly pushing back on the demands to launch a criminal probe into six Democratic lawmakers President Trump accused of “seditious ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. It’s only December, but the Supreme ...

The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law ...

The Supreme Court’s relist rolls served up the term’s first two summary reversals last week. As we have observed, the more times a case has been relisted, the likelier it […] ...

As a refresher, syntax describes sentence structure—how words are arranged grammatically and what parts of speech they use. Semantics describes the actual meaning those words convey, which can vary ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer ...

In everyday conversation, it's critical to understand not just the words that are spoken, but the context in which they are said. If it's pouring rain and someone remarks on the "lovely weather," you ...

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. It considers processes that occur at the population, community and ecosystem levels and has a particular focus on ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...