Augusta, ME, USA. Medicaid spending is a matter of urgency almost everywhere in the country right now, but in few places is the urgency as palpable as it is here. The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.

The Maine governor refers to the federal-state health insurance program for the poor as “welfare,” says it’s necessary to eliminate coverage for 65,000 adults, and wa

New York, NY and Cottonwood, CA, USA. Taking a perspective rooted in evolutionary biology with a focus on brain science, an anthropologist and a neuroscientist team propose that religion is ubiquitous and persistent because the human brain needs it.

Debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion is fractious at best, but the two scientists have altered the discussion with interesting answers to some perennial questions about religion.

Washington, DC, USA. This Sunday, an estimated 58 percent of Americans will order pizza for Super Bowl parties around the country. Wisconsin supplies 35 percent of the country's cheese, used in Game Day classics like pizza, cheese dips and nachos.

To help celebrate the cheese fest that accompanies the Super Bowl, the world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS), released a video on the chemistry behind what American literati Clifton Fadiman once described as milk's le

Los Angeles, CA, USA. A truly deep level of commitment is a much better predictor of lower divorce rates and fewer problems in marriage, but what does being committed to your marriage really mean?

UCLA psychologists developed an answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage.

Washington, DC, USA. A report released by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute finds that the K-12 science standards of most states remain mediocre to failing, questioning the viability of America’s scientific leadership, technological prowess, and commercial position.

Since the Sputnik launch of 1957, Americans have regarded science education as crucial to our national security and economic competitiveness.