Take a look at the video for an exhibition that illustrates the theme of illusion at the Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Our brains play a big part in helping us interpret the information we take in through our five senses. But the information we take in is not necessarily how our brains put the pieces together.
A routine rally turned deadly when police opened fire on a group gathered to protest an education reform bill in southern Mexico.
According to a Pew Research Survey, Americans are not comfortable with genetic engineering and modification because they think it’s not natural.
Read this biography of Wangari Maathi, a Kenyan environmentalist and human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
A 2015 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that fewer and fewer teenagers have been working summer jobs over the past several decades. What are the reasons for this trend?
In this article, middle school kids share their thoughts on what it’s like to be a “tween” and give advice for navigating this sometimes awkward phase.
In September of 2015, the National Academies published a report that explored how immigrants fit into American society. The study applied current research to try to clear up common misconceptions, including the idea that immigrants frequently commit crime. Read this article to learn about the report’s findings.
Why would the citizens of the small town depicted in “The Lottery” persist in the ritual the story describes? It’s human nature to cling to superstitions.
Like Romeo and Juliet, Richard and Mildred Loving married despite overwhelming opposition to their relationship. But this mild-mannered Virginia couple’s love changed the law of the land. Watch an interview from the time of their Supreme Court victory.
Read an excerpt from the memoir of a woman who managed to escape from one of the most repressive regimes in the world. In this passage, she helps her mother escape while her brother faces a difficult choice.
