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As Christians observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross. It is a day of solemnity in which Christians give thanks for their salvation made possible by the suffering of Jesus. They prepare for rejoicing on Easter Sunday, when the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated. In…

Somehow, it's easier to be concerned about wolves, sea turtles, and white rhinos dying off than it is to feel remorse over vanishing bugs. But the loss of insects is a dire threat — one that could trigger a "catastrophic collapse of Earth's ecosystems," a new study said. The research, the first global review of…

HBO just reminded us that Winter is here. In its new trailer for 2019, fans of Game of Thrones were only offered a few seconds of what will happen in the coming season, the show’s final one. We see a meeting of fire and ice, dragons and wolves, as Daenerys Targaryen with Jon Snow meets…

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Some 3,700 years ago, a meteor or comet exploded over the Middle East, wiping out human life across a swath of land called Middle Ghor, north of the Dead Sea, say archaeologists who have found evidence of the cosmic airburst. The airburst "in an instant, devastated approximately 500 km2 [about 200 square miles] immediately north…

More than three years ago, Italian architect Renzo Piano attached himself to an unusual project: A $300 million suburban shopping center in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time, shopping malls were already on the decline, with retail sales beginning to plummet and many stores being forced to shutter their doors. Things have only…

While it's debatable whether or not 536 CE was the "worst year to be alive," it seems like it might be a strong contender. A new open-access paper published in the scholarly journal Antiquity suggests that a titanic volcanic eruption in 536 CE caused a (literal) fog to descend over much of Europe for more than a…

It's not too much to say that the movement of peoples across borders has been a pressing political concern recently, both in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. That conversation is so prevalent now that it's easy to think of this conversation as inevitable, immutable. The idea of the "nation" is one that's bounded -…

Caydden, 14, and Keston Zimmerman, 11, sit outside a homeless shelter in Boise, Idaho, with their grandmother Pam Cantrell. They've been searching for housing for three months. Amanda Preacher/Boise State Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Amanda Preacher/Boise State Public Radio Caydden, 14, and Keston Zimmerman, 11, sit outside a homeless shelter in Boise, Idaho,…