Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here's what the research into that connection has revealed.

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Here’s what to know about Trump’s proposal to add new restrictions in the U.S.—and how that compares to other countries.

How clans form and evolve within human societies has been modeled using a simple computer model developed by a RIKEN researcher and a collaborator. This demonstration opens the way to modeling complex ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction.

In October 2020, the hoofbeats of American bison thumped across the prairie of the Rosebud Reservation for the first time in more than a century. Years in the works, the release of 100 bison (Bison ...

It has made the city a hub of cultures, influenced by Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans. This history is seen in a ...

Why are people in some regions happier and healthier than in other regions? For the first time, an international team of ...