Political moderates are those who believe that wisdom begins with the rejection of perfection. It would be nice if the world ...

Vigo County’s criminal justice system is bringing back a program designed to address the needs of people with mental health/substance use issues who have been charged with misdemeanors. Participants ...

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Serena Williams' return is more than a comeback to tennis, it's also a blueprint for building a brand on and off the court.

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Arizona’s limited jurisdiction courts were designed for a different era. Their structure and practices largely emerged from a 20th-century model focused on efficiently processing large volumes of ...

Illinois launched mental health courts to break the prison cycle. But results are mixed. Thousands of Illinois residents facing criminal charges have enrolled in high-stakes diversion programs as a ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if they ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...