How a Mormon lawyer transformed archaeology in Mexico—and ended up losing his faith

The scientific legacy of a quest to prove the Book of Mormon
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More Than Half of Americans Reportedly Think We 'Shouldn't Teach' Arabic Numerals

If a recent poll conducted by the US market research company CivicScience is to be taken at face value, roughly one out of every two Americans doesn't think Arabic numerals should be taught as part of the curriculum in US schools.
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Is First Class Going Extinct?

Short version: It is, but it won't die tomorrow, and you can still book exceptional first-class seats on points and miles.
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Unknown Until Now–The Ongoing Effort to Identify the Dead in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery

The officer stood over the freshly exhumed grave with a pencil and ledger in his hands. He told others to search the remains as he struggled to decipher the crude etching on a weath…
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Will a Documentary Take Down the Polish Government?

A film exposing sex abuse by Catholic priests also exposes the corrupting ties between the church and the ruling political party.
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Inside China's Massive Surveillance Operation

In Xinjiang, northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.
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Is California ready to ban gas-powered cars? Not yet. But they're thinking about it

A top regulator came close Thursday, but ultimately backed away from directly raising the notion of giving the boot to exhaust-belching automobiles.
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