Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.

Some facts, trends and projections that spell its demise.

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts.

Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that isn’t considered a failure of massive proportions?

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Satellite data hints at the scale of their deception

This is the first part of the third part of our series (I, II) discussing the patterns of life of the pre-modern peasants who made up the great majority of all humans who lived in our agrarian past…

Recent college graduates searching for jobs are finding that practical degrees, work experience and even connections are no match for sluggish hiring.

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I’m an independent developer who built Punge, an on-device NSFW image detection app. The idea was simple: give people tools to manage…

Trend adds to pressure on Donald Trump over inequality as he threatens to undermine reliability of economic data

Firing the BLS commissioner won’t prevent the effects of tariffs. But it will reduce American economic leadership and increase uncertainty for businesses, workers and investors.

How schools deny advanced math to their highest-scoring students