Benjamin L. de Bivort is the co-chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. FM: Your research focuses on evolution through ...

A century ago this past summer, journalists and hucksters flocked to the small Tennessee town of Dayton. They had come to witness what one of the 200 or so scribblers present, the Baltimore Sun’s ...

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From real estate mogul to 45th President, Donald Trump’s rise reshaped American politics. His presidency was defined not just by policy, but by relentless media attacks, conspiracies, and attempts to ...

A Madison, Wisconsin, high school teacher allegedly told a student she must publicly identify her political leanings for a class assignment despite the student’s concerns that doing so could subject ...

From tariff skirmishes that echo McKinley’s Gilded Age to microscopic fibers swirling from our washing machines, today’s challenges reveal how politics and science are inseparably entwined. Engineers ...

Recent fatal shootings of political figures have highlighted a rise in political violence in the U.S. Experts suggest that most political violence comes from lone extremists rather than organized ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to ramp up investigations of unnamed groups his administration suspects of supporting political violence, signing a presidential memorandum that critics worry ...

Vice President J.D. Vance called on Democrats (and Republicans) to tone down violent rhetoric in our politics, specifically against law enforcement, during a speech in North Carolina on Wednesday.

The entrance to UAF in Feb. 2022. Democrats and independents in the Alaska state Legislature are urging Congress to preserve federal funding for science and research. In a letter sent Friday, 14 ...

Donald Trump makes an announcement on autism at the White House today. During his remarks, Trump dismisses medical research and findings going against his claims that tylenol causes autism in babies ...

The U.S. faces one of its “most dangerous moments,” he says. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Sunday that the United States is in "one of the most dangerous moments America has ever faced" as he ...