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What Americans think about the death penalty
BBC News
What Americans think about the death penalty
BBC News
White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
BBC News
BBC on Hurricane Isaias and its expected Gulf Coast landfall
BBC News
BBC on Hurricane Isaias and its expected Gulf Coast landfall
BBC News
White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
BBC News
A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters
The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry gave a hand to handed molecules – and the processes chemists use to create them.
The Conversation
Venezuela's ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture
BBC News
US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering - rights group
BBC News
US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering - rights group
BBC News
Venezuela's ex-leader Nicolás Maduro charged with conspiracy to commit torture
BBC News
Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC
BBC News
'Bold and inventive' Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize
BBC News
Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while repairing campaign sign
BBC News
Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while repairing campaign sign
BBC News
Chrysler Building to get its crown restored after being sold
BBC News
Chrysler Building to get its crown restored after being sold
BBC News
Why the assault weapons debate is a culture debate
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear two assault weapons cases caps a multi-decade dispute over restricting assault weapons that extends far beyond legal arguments.
The Conversation
What the law says about armed officers at polling places
What does the law say about armed officials at the polls? That’s one of four questions that a legal scholar answers as Trump administration threats have piled up about voting in the midterms.
The Conversation
Meet the ‘independent voters’ who will likely decide which party triumphs in the 2026 midterm elections
Republicans and Democrats need to make inroads with independent voters. But the themes that motivate the party faithful may not sit well with independents, who tend to recoil against partisan rancor.
The Conversation
‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features
AI models will refuse to say whether a person’s face looks gay or straight, but they will alter images of faces to fit stereotypes of gay and straight.
The Conversation
Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why
If you think about leap years, it may seem like humans have a very odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.
The Conversation
AI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology
From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A scholar of trails and walking explains the history.
The Conversation
Handling of rape allegations at Cornell shows why so many assaults go unreported – victims don’t trust the institutions that are supposed to help them
Only 7% of sexual assault victims reported contacting local police.
The Conversation
How Jim Bakker became the Johnny Carson of Christian TV
Bakker’s ‘PTL Club’ existed at the nexus of evangelical Christianity and American pop culture.
The Conversation
First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast
BBC News
First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast
BBC News
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
BBC News
Could Christa Pike face execution again and by what method?
BBC News
Could Christa Pike face execution again and by what method?
BBC News