How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm
Boston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026.Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesA severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late Januar...
Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north
Federal agents deploy tear gas as residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026.Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Gett...
Kelsey Norman, Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
Teyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge la...
John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain h…
Research shows that the brain can be exercised, much like our muscles.RapidEye/E+ via Getty ImagesIf…
Dogs can need more than kibble, walks and love − consider the escalating expenses of their medical c…
A man holds his 17½-year-old Chihuahua mix, which is receiving end-of-life hospice care. Brit…
Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone
Many workers feel helpless – and anticipate widespread economic displacement – as compan…
Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion …
Opportunities to show compassion often feel difficult, but exercising virtue seems to help people co…
Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
Gentle massaging can help ease the joint pain and swelling from rheumatoid arthritis.Toa55/iStock vi…
Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
A heated exchange may stem from something deeper than the issue at hand.skynesher/E+ via Getty Image…
The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition leader and son of the last shah of Iran.Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Im…