ScienceTake: Ants, Dutiful Escape Artists, Build Towers in Constant Flux

Using their own bodies, fire ants build architectural towers to escape floods — and laboratories — that have a sound architectural structure.

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
In tents in northern Iraq, a grim scene of barely conscious women and girls hints at the cost of three years of sexual enslavement.
Finland Has a Sports Screw Loose
Swamp soccer. Wife carrying. Phone throwing. The country used to be formidable in traditional sports, but has pivoted hard to the bizarre side of...
Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Says
A study says that spending money to save time actually makes people happier.
Living With Cancer: For Kids With Cancer, Focusing on Quality of Life
Paying attention to the concerns of patients and their families from the time of diagnosis throughout treatment.
White House Leaps Into Culture Wars on Gay Rights
Gay rights activists called Wednesday the Trump administration’s “anti-L.G.B.T. day” after moves to bar transgender people from the military and...
Former Obama Aides Lead Opposition to Health Care Repeal
As Republicans seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act, scores of former Obama aides who helped create the law are fighting to save it.