Stormy Daniels is a feminist hero
And we owe it to her to give her the respect she deserves in her fight to break her silence
Cleaning up the Baby Boomer mess
Millennials distinguish themselves in ways that will help clean up the mess set before them.
Behind this week's Russia headlines
Did the Russians try to murder a former spy? Maybe. But that has little to do with the larger Russophobe narrative
The deepest fish in the sea
The hadal snailfish was discovered in a trench deeper than Mount Everest is tall
"Perfect storm for animals to suffer"
Agriculture department wants industry foxes inspecting hen houses
Patients often overpay for prescriptions
You might be better off paying for your prescriptions in cash rather than a copay
GOP Maine candidate drops out of race
Following a Parkland student’s call for a challenger, a 28-year-old woman responded
Why people like music during sex
Blame it on the songbirds
Is it possible to harvest rain?
Cloud seeding could influence seasonal rain and snowfall
McCabe kept memos on meetings with Trump
Reports claim they could corroborate former FBI director James Comey’s account of his private meetings with Trump
The Gargoyle Hunters
Equal parts architectural caper and coming-of-age story, "The Gargoyle Hunters" is in love with a vanishing city
The day Johnny Cash's voice arrived
“Don’t ever take voice lessons again,” the teacher told Cash. “Don’t let me or anyone change how you sing.”
People stranded in "transit deserts"
Where’s my bus?
Trump lawyer calls for end to probe
The news comes on the heels of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's firing
Stars, talk shows and the empathy gap
Can light topical conversations hosted by stars bridge our widening social divide? No. But it's a noble effort
Teaching students how to dissent
Students take to the streets, to the media, to corporations and elected officials in protest over gun practices
McCabe fired to be “discredited”: report
The F.B.I. deputy director was fired on Friday night after Jeff Sessions rejected an appeal for him to retire
Jessica Jones: a woman's origin story
Season 2 of the Netflix series takes a hard look at the bonds women share, and it's not gentle
Opioid crisis leads to larger crisis
The flip side of the opioid crisis is just as dark
Adult brains don't grow new neurons
Repeated and varied experiments convinced us our conclusion was correct
We're no democracy anymore
The GOP lackeys are eager to do the bidding of whichever oligarch will give them the most money
Mick Mulvaney: Dark-hearted leprechaun
Trump's egregiously Irish budget chief is a 21st-century version of the dastardly, traitorous "gombeen man"
Mental health treatment and violence
For one, the vast majority of people with mental illnesses are not violent
Is hormonal birth control "dangerous"?
A phenomenon known as the "nocebo effect" can lead to increased reports of side effects