World Banned Books Week in US Emphasizes Freedom to Read

Inside the Woodridge Neighborhood Library in the U.S. capital, a wall is plastered with ominous warning signs: "Reading This Book Display Is Banned" and "No Books to See Here." Below the messages...

World Turkish Court Frees 1 Journalist from Prison, Orders 4 Held

Turkey's state-run news agency says a court in Istanbul has ordered a columnist for Turkey's main opposition newspaper released from prison pending the conclusion of his trial. Anadolu Agency...

World Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejects call for...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says judicial reform aimed at rooting out corruption in his country will be introduced in two weeks, but the leader rejects calls for the...

World White House: President's words don't constitute...

The White House has denied North Korea's statement that President Donald Trump's most recent comments on the country constitute a 'declaration of war.'

World 'Trying to divide us': Lebron James rounds on Trump as...

NBA star Lebron James has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for trying to "divide us as people", as he defended the NFL players who dropped to one knee during the...

World Chelsea Manning says she was denied entry to Canada

Related Story: Chelsea Manning thanks Barack Obama for clemency Related Story: 'First steps of freedom!!' Manning leaves prison seven years...

Science Cassini Views the Brightly Lit Limb of a Crescent Enceladus

This Cassini Spacecraft image show the brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space. The rest of the moon,... The post Cassini Views the Brightly...

Science Parker Solar Probe Will Fly Directly Through the Sun’s...

Next Summer NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft that will get closer to the Sun than any other in human history. Parker... The post Parker Solar Probe Will Fly Directly...

Science Hubble Telescope Image of the Week – Galaxy ESO 376-16

This Hubble Space Telescope image of the week shows galaxy ESO 376-16, which is located roughly 23 million light-years from Earth. The distances to objects... The post Hubble Telescope...

Science Phantom Limb

The brightly lit limb of a crescent Enceladus looks ethereal against the blackness of space. This image is a composite of images taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 29,...

Science Neandertal kids were a lot like kids today — at least in...

Ancient youngster’s spine and brain grew at relatively slow pace.

Science From day one, a frog’s developing brain is calling the shots

Frog brains help organize muscle and nerve patterns early in development.

Technology iPhone 8 Component Costs Estimated to Start at $247.51

The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are more expensive for Apple to manufacture than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, according to component cost estimates research firm IHS Markit shared today with...

Technology Apple's Craig Federighi Confirms APFS Coming to Fusion...

The initial version of macOS High Sierra released this morning limits the new Apple File System (APFS) to Macs that have all-flash built-in storage, excluding iMacs and Mac mini machines that...

Technology Firefox 56 will drop support for Adobe Flash on Android

Remember when being able to run Adobe Flash was a selling point for Android devices? The plugin was never officially supported past Android 4.1 , but various hacks kept it alive for a while...

Technology WhatsApp is now blocked in China

China has a long history of blocking or limiting access to websites, especially social networks and Western-owned sites. Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and many Google services...

Technology Start off the week with 34 temporarily free and 25...

It's the end of September, if you can believe that, which means that I have a lot of assignments and work to get done before Saturday. Still, I have taken the time to compile the first app...

Technology Google extends security updates for Nexus 5X and 6P to...

Google has followed the same device support pattern for years - two years of major Android OS updates, and three years of security updates. You might get Android updates after that, and...

Green After The Storms: The Long-Term Effects of Hurricanes...

As the skies clear above the devastation left by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the long road to recovery begins, many are concerned about other consequences from the storms beyond...

Green Is Curiosity A Positive Or Negative Feeling?

Not all feelings of curiosity are the same. A study finds that one factor affecting the balance of negative and positive when it comes to curiosity is time, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo....

Green September 25 Green Energy News

Headline News: Israel’s supply of natural gas has been halted after a crack was discovered in the single pipeline linking the Tamar field to Israeli users. The fault in a pipe at a...

Green Pregnant Women Should Still Get The Flu Vaccine, Doctors...

Researchers and physicians say a study suggesting a link between the flu vaccine and miscarriage in a limited population is cause for more research, not a reason to change vaccination recommendations.

Green September 24 Green Energy News

Headline News: The world’s periglacial zones, home to nearly all of the world’s permafrost, will “almost completely disappear” by the year 2100 even in the most optimistic of scenarios about...

Green Transgender Hockey Player Postpones Hormone Treatment To...

Sports leagues have struggled with how to define gender when it comes to deciding who can play. Pro hockey player Harrison Browne has decided to postpone hormone therapy for one more year on the...

Politics Republicans to push health care bill in CNN debate

The two Republican senators leading the party's last ditch bid to repeal Obamacare are about to launch an effort to save their reeling bill in a prime-time debate on CNN.

Politics Trump's new travel ban 'still smells and looks like a...

President Donald Trump didn't let his travel ban expire on Sunday. Instead, he beefed it up and made it open-ended. Travel Ban 3.0 , as some are calling it, bars people from six Muslim-majority...

Politics Michael Bennet calls Graham-Cassidy “disgraceful” in...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Monday that the latest Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act was “disgraceful” and that lawmakers would be better...

Politics Read the Congressional Budget Office report on the GOP’s...

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released its report Monday on the GOP’s Graham-Cassidy health care legislation , which unwinds Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act —...

Politics Vox Sentences: Trump vs. the NFL

Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what's happening in the world, curated by Ella Nilsen. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter , delivered straight to your inbox Monday...

Religion A Brief Primer On Progressive Christianity

A church member met with me recently to discuss her worries about her teenage son leaving behind his Christian faith. “He’s

Religion A Scary Number Of Americans Don't Think Muslims Or...

Let's get the facts straight.

Religion John Lennon's 'Imagine' Threatens The Conservative...

Imagining universal love and world peace can be a pretty scary thing. Just ask a conservative. Nearly a half century after

Religion Anti-Atheist Prejudice Is Entrenched Around The Globe,...

A new, international study reveals how deep the mistrust of non-believers runs.

Religion When We Should Work With The White House

Since news of Trump’s election, progressives have shifted gears to confront his regressive policies that threaten to drag

Religion Challenging Richard Dawkins

The damage Dawkins has done is cultural rather than personal.