
On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean
A way of life nurtured for hundreds of years in the U.S. Southeast guards coastlines from climate change
Sara Novak is a science writer based on Sullivan's Island, S.C. Her work has appeared in Discover, Sierra Magazine, Popular Science, New Scientist, and more. Follow Novak on Twitter @sarafnovak
A way of life nurtured for hundreds of years in the U.S. Southeast guards coastlines from climate change
The firearm as a totemlike symbol of personal identity emerged from the psychological insecurities of former enslavers after the Civil War
Racism and overstressed teachers help explain high expulsion rates for Black preschool boys
Befriending someone in the opposite party does not lessen antidemocratic attitudes, a study finds
Researchers are perplexed as to why inner feelings about life and love predict our actions better than the best social science
Older prisoners will make up a third of the prison population in a decade, and many of them will develop dementia
Lack of data explains why
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