The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful ... is the great and most universal cause of our moral sentiments. –Adam Smith * One recent summer afternoon I receiv...

Cheryl Krause-Parello, Ph.D., and Nick Underwood, Ph.D., have earned prestigious Fulbright appointments, strengthening Florida Atlantic's global research and scholarly profile.

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In her new book, Martha Nussbaum argues that the art form offers an antidote to division, grievance and modern self-obsession

How did the Revolution and living through the experience of war impact New York’s women—and how did women impact the Revolution in New York and beyond?

The "Guns, Germs and Steel" author used “natural experiments” — deaths, hospitalizations and family shocks — to test when the corner office really matters.

In the twilight years of his life, James Selkirk (1757–1820), a modest tailor and Revolutionary War veteran residing in Bethlehem, New York, composed a memoir about his wartime experiences in the Continental Army. Selkirk's memoir tells the story of a y...

In his new book of photography, “Life Still,” a veteran observer of urban America makes us look twice at an unsung side of his talent.

An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

Neuroscientists are discovering that spending time with others may be a basic biological necessity, like need for food or water

The revolutionary scientist comes to the Revolutionary City

The revolutionary scientist comes to the Revolutionary City

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Four artists and a curator debate the most important works since the end of World War II.

A professor medicine and of genetics at WashU Medicine, Timothy Ley led the team that sequenced the first cancer genome.

It's the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.

It's the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.