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Science & Technology

New Satellite Tech Speeds Response during Natural Disasters

A platform created by a U.S. company will streamline the way satellites around the world are controlled. ...
Jun 30, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

With Liberty and Justice for All: The Advancement of LGBTI Rights in the U.S.

The movement to safeguard the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people i...
Jun 29, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksBusinessSocial Issues

These Notable LGBTI Americans Are Economic Drivers

As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that gay and transgender employees are protected by federal an...
Jun 29, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

COVIDsitters Help Frontline Workers

American medical students are volunteering to help COVID-19 health care workers manage the home front. ...
Jun 26, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Museum Exhibit on Epidemics Goes Digital

A Smithsonian Institution exhibit titled Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World has been expanded in it...
Jun 25, 2020VIEW
Science & Technology

NASA Names Telescope for Pioneering Female Astronomer

NASA, the U.S. space agency, will name its next-generation space telescope in honor of Nancy Grace Roman....
Jun 24, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksSocial Issues

U.S. Firms Get Creative to Attract Consumers

As the effects of the new coronavirus have hurt retail spending, economists are closely watching the beha...
Jun 24, 2020VIEW
Science & Technology

U.S. Launches Space Plane on Scientific Mission

The X-37B orbital test vehicle has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for its sixth miss...
Jun 23, 2020VIEW
U.S.-Japan Relations

Full Circle: Consulate Nagoya Turns 100

Another milestone in U.S.-Japan relations will be reached this year in Nagoya, where the U.S. Consulate w...
Jun 19, 2020VIEW
U.S.-Japan Relations

Service, Family, and the Theory of Relativity

One of my earliest memories is my Japanese grandfather telling me the legend of Urashima Taro as a way of...
Jun 18, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth

On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night services took place. On that nig...
Jun 18, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksScience & Technology

Check Out These Futuristic NASA Projects

NASA is considering a lightweight robotic vehicle (below) that uses interconnected rods rather than wheel...
Jun 16, 2020VIEW
Arts & Culture

Three Inspiring Months at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program

When I close my eyes, I can picture the brilliant blue sky over Iowa City and the familiar faces of my fr...
Jun 15, 2020VIEW
Education & Study AbroadSocial Issues

Scholars from U.S. Exchange Program Fight COVID-19

Scholars around the world who have been part of the State Department’s Fulbright Program are using their ...
Jun 12, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

U.S. Cracks Down on COVID-19 Scams

Let’s be clear: There is no vaccine yet to prevent COVID-19. But there are swindlers around the world ...
Jun 11, 2020VIEW
Science & Technology

U.S. Researchers Map COVID-19 Cases to Predict Future Needs

Researchers from the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute have won a $10 million, five-year c...
Jun 10, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

U.S. Data Release Spurs New Tools in Fight against COVID-19

The United States’ release of tens of thousands of coronavirus studies is enabling experts worldwide to u...
Jun 8, 2020VIEW
Education & Study Abroad

Idioms about Feeling Confined

This article is only available in Japanese....
Jun 5, 2020VIEW

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