Self-interest describes actions that are intended to result in personal gain. It comes with both pros and cons.

The words used to describe child sexual abuse matter. Media framing can obscure exploitation, minimize harm, and shape how ...

Plants are fast-tracking their own evolution by "plugging in" genetic code stolen from their neighbors, according to new research that reveals the secret to their own successful genetic engineering.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants were intent on adding a second baseman this winter. They couldn’t land Brendan Donovan. Or Nico Hoerner. Or CJ Abrams. Then, a week-and-a-half before spring training, ...

The abduction of Nancy Guthrie is putting a spotlight on the excruciating uncertainty endured by thousands of families whose loved ones go missing each year. Experts see parallels with those cases, ...

Ozlem Cankaya receives funding from MacEwan University (grant number RES0000756) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (grant number 430-2023-00267). She is affiliated with the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to restaurants, retailers and consumers about oysters harvested in Canada that may be contaminated with norovirus. The oysters in question ...

The lapse in funding probably won’t bring immigration enforcement operations to a screeching halt, but the department is also home to other agencies, including the Coast Guard and FEMA. By Karoun ...

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of February 13. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on ...

Abstract: We present broadband THz-TDS measurements with a highly defocused beam to investigate shadowing and scattering effects in LOS communication channels. A custom-made segmented spherical mirror ...

In 1869, a group of Massachusetts reformers persuaded the state to try a simple idea: counting. The Second Industrial Revolution was belching its way through New England, teaching mill and factory ...