Draw Anger / Getty Images Stock markets have largely encouraged the prospect of a Biden administration and a split government, but some corners have moved on as other corners continue. Tax increases and the absence of new rules helped boost tech, financial and healthcare stocks during the chaotic week. But …

The U.S.’s relationship with China is the worst since countries normalized relations four decades ago. America’s allies in Europe are different. The most important anti-nuclear proliferation treaty is about to end with Russia. Iran is again collecting rich nuclear fuel, and North Korea is branding its nuclear arsenal. Not to …

The database, which now has between 100 and 100 names, covers everything from cabinet positions in secret vague offices and bureaus, from the president of the export-import bank and the director of patents and trademark office fees, to the post of secretary. The group hopes the list will be delivered …

Yet Sykes’s convincing arguments about the suitability and diversity of ancient Neanderthals again lead us to the inevitable Sepines question. Scholars have always noted the dubious coincidence that Neanderthals came out exactly when the sapins appeared on the scene. But as long as scholars saw the Neanderthals as simple brutes …

The long-running mystery of glacier lakes includes floods or “jockeys” that come out of glaciers or ice caps suddenly and unexpectedly. Scientists have long studied the evolution of these floods, some of the largest on Earth. These floods affect the movement of some glaciers and are a major crisis in …