Scientists call it a “multiple independent discovery.” That’s when simultaneous breakthroughs are made by researchers and practitioners working independently of one another...

Having witnessed a rancorous government shutdown and near breach of the federal debt ceiling, plenty of Americans are pessimistic about where we’ll go from here as a country.

The U.S. and Russia have reached a deal over dismantling Syria’s store of chemical weapons. Getting there required going down some new roads politically. And philosophically.

We all want voting to be more efficient and less time consuming. But these upgrades won’t change what our electoral system produces—a government paralyzed by partisan gridlock.