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Beyond straw bans, there's mounting pressure on companies to not use plastic packaging. That's creating a budding market for alternative products.

From teachers running for office to ballot measures that can add billions to public education, here's our guide to how the issue is playing out.

The practice dates back to the 1920s, when a new cohort of students — many of them Jewish and/or immigrants — were vying for space at American universities.

Working memory is where the brain keeps bits of information in everyday life handy. But brain scientists don't agree on how working memory works.

NASA's Charlie Sobeck, former manager of the Kepler Space Telescope mission, discusses the monumental findings of the spacecraft and NASA's decision to retire it in orbit.

Election officials are trying to improve security to prevent foreign interference. But some states, like Pennsylvania, will have to make do with voting equipment many experts consider to be insecure.

Historically, most eligible voters don't cast ballots during midterm elections.

Major Brent Taylor was hailed as a true "citizen soldier," serving both the community of North Ogden and deploying with the Utah National Guard.

Registration problems have been in the news a lot lately, but some experts worry that fears about casting a ballot could be overblown and hurt voter confidence.

Exit polls can be confusing and even misleading as the deluge of data pours in. There are smarter ways to know which numbers to look for — and which to be wary of — on election night 2018.