Debate about AI answers has focused on accuracy: Did the system get the answer right? That matters, but accuracy is only one test. Each kind of answer requires a user to judge something different.I fi...

Secrecy has been a hallmark of the data center assault on rural America, and few subjects have been as secret — or as enigmatic — as the money behind the proposed “digital campus” for my town of Empor...

On Nov. 3, we’ll be voting on whether to make it harder for many American citizens who live in Kansas to vote in future elections.

I have not been contacted by as many organizations or institutions as in the past. I wonder if the volatile political climate is the culprit.

Anthony — founded in 1878 and named after the governor at the time — is the unlikely site of the state’s official 9/11 memorial.

My hand-wringing about being a fan missed the point. How self-absorbed to care about my comfort rather than the safety of the players.

One transgender Kansan had her driving privileges reinstated after challenging a state law that regulates gender markers on driver’s licenses.

Not since the turbulent protests of the Vietnam War era have so many taken paint and posterboard in hand to express their displeasure.

Across galleries, museums, and outdoor sculpture, he connects Indigenous land practices in California, the Hudson Valley, and beyond.

Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.

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