As the trial for the Swarthmore 9 approaches, an academic boycott has launched, as perspectives on what led to the related proceedings differ among the parties. In 2025, nine individuals, a mix of ...

In September 2025, the Trump administration filed a civil Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (or FACE Act) case against pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside a New Jersey synagogue. And in ...

Lady Gaga was right all along: You were born this way. In what will surely prompt schoolyard kids around the globe to start comparing their hands in between rounds of monkey bars, a new review out of ...

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If you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out. Should we encourage young children to do this? This seemingly simple question is ...

The decades-old "finger" command is making a comeback,, with threat actors using the protocol to retrieve remote commands to execute on Windows devices. In the past, people used the finger command to ...

Historically, they've been excruciatingly hard to find. That's why it's delightful to see newly-released indie drama ...

Watching Donald Trump’s disjointed, narcissistic ramble at the United Nations, I kept thinking: “Why don’t the delegates walk out?” After all, he insulted many of their countries. “You’re destroying ...

Finger claps have quietly taken over a swath of pop culture in the past year. The gesture — repeatedly tapping the thumb to a finger on the same hand — offers a silent way to show praise, like the ...

Scholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power accountable to justice and constitutional principles.

Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...