Suspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope – here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas
Gas taxes – federal and state – make up only a small piece of the price of a gallon of gas.AP Photo/Jenny KaneWith gasoline prices still high – averaging over US$4.50 a gallon in mid...
Robert I. Harris, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
A researcher checks on corals in Banco Chinchorro, off Quintana Roo, Mexico.Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature’s most powerful forces. H...
Sara M. Melo Merino, Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Science, Smithsonian Institution
How America’s independence from England revolutionized US philanthropy
John Hancock, like many American men and women of his generation, transformed the new nation's charitable activities.Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty imagesJohn Hancock did something revolution...
Amanda Moniz, David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy, Smithsonian Institution
Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair
The nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair is reviving a debate about Fed independence.A…
You can change your emotions – but it’s a 2-step process that takes some effort
You don't need to be stuck on a negative feeling.RealPeopleGroup/E+ via Getty ImagesPicture Gigi, ha…
The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews
Sequoyah's invention of a Cherokee syllabary helped translate the Bible soon after missionaries' arr…
Genome sequencing is rewriting the history of disease outbreaks – but without social context, it can…
A pathogen's genome acts as a biological record of where it came from and how it spread.Westend61/Ge…
Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
The simple process of taking an action, assessing what happens and adjusting can lead to smart-seemi…
A deep-ocean climate plan wins rare EPA approval, but is sinking plants in the sea the answer?
Innovators who are working on ways to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to fight climate cha…