A new women-only ride-sharing service, Chariot for Women, is set to launch April 19 in Boston, Massachusetts. Surprisingly, its founder is not a former female…

Less than a year ago, when a group of leading researchers was calling for a moratorium on the use of a revolutionary technology, Chinese researchers…

We’ve been led to assume that the world of our children would be a place of fewer borders and lower barriers to the movement of…

In Braunau am Inn, Austria—a town of 17,000 just across the Inn River from Bavaria—a three-story, butter-yellow house has caused decades of consternation. It looks…

In a country with one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto is dismantling child marriage—about 850 unions in…

We’ve been led to assume that the world of our children would be a place of fewer borders and lower barriers to the movement of…

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the weather is slowly getting warmer, roof decks are opening, and if you’re struggling to get into…

Pope Francis made another official proclamation this week, and it was predictably warm and fuzzy. The 256-page document, titled “Amoris Laetitia” (Latin for “The Joy…

Door-to-door canvassing can combat transphobia, according to a new study published in Science by researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Results…

Over its 15 years on air, the American Idol talent show offered a mirror to an America dealing with the trauma of the 9/11 attacks…

Your CEO sends you an urgent email that the company is acquiring another firm and funds need to be wired that day. But don’t tell…

The galley smells like decay. Flies circle dirty pots and pans, and the temperature on board is sweltering. While the bustle of Hong Kong continues…