Animal-welfare science tries to get inside the minds of a huge range of species — in order to help improve their lives. By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy But in this year’s elections, the ...

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The I.R.S. estimates that 940,000 people who didn’t file their returns for that year are due back money. The deadline for filing to get it is May 17. By Ann Carrns Some people may consider ...

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Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network Look closely at this image, stripped of ...

The painting’s re-emergence after decades has come with a swirl of questions about its subject, one of three related teenage girls. By Scott Reyburn Sculptors have immortalized past British ...

Carpeting rules are common. But housing laws protect residents with disabilities, to a point. By Jill Terreri Ramos The legal settlements roiling the real estate industry are changing the way ...

Paris is becoming a city of bikes. Across China, people are snapping up $5,000 electric cars. On Earth Day, a look at a few bright spots for emission reductions. By Delger Erdenesanaa In theory ...