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Thousands of churches are left behind every year in America.
As enjoyable as it is to be a couch potato, humans were built to run.
The key to Finland’s success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.
California’s raging fires show how climate change can unleash totally new—and deadly—kinds of weather.
The Humboldt marten, a (much cuter) cousin of the weasel, has been placed on the endangered species list thanks to marijuana croppers.
Although London is predominantly Christian, this map shows an archipelago of different faiths throughout the city.
Hawaii continues its history of progressive climate policy by pledging to become carbon neutral by 2045, a move that would make it the first such state in the country.
Luxembourg will offer the world’s first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?
A Toronto-based startup that sells customizable temporary tattoos has received $10 million in Series A funding from venture capitalists, the company’s chief executive officer announced Tuesday.
Three-quarters of tree species common in the eastern U.S. have moved their population centres westward over the last 30 years – an effect not predicted by assumptions about global warming.
We’re more dependent on them than we realize.
Famously unusual case studies that perplexed psychologists.
Between Carl Sagan’s laughter, the brainwaves of somebody in love, and a live theremin concert, humanity has sent a lot of data out into the stars.
From the cosmic blast into another being’s mind, to rolling bliss or obedient mind-slavery, fictional drugs have it all.
Researchers find an unexpected side effect of rising carbon dioxide levels in a remote tropical forest.
Recently released video and still images offer a rare view of uncontested indigenous residents of the Amazonian rainforest, including the solitary last member of his tribe.
A recently solved murder case from the Netherlands illuminates some of the promises and ethical questions raised by the police practice of using genealogy databases to identify criminal suspects.
A review of 33 trials confirms that loading your body does your brain good.
Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?
Quick, what’s traveling at 106,000 kilometers per hour (66,000 mph) and is as big as a football field?
While the probiotic trend has been suspect at best, there is one therapeutic application that keeps holding up: fecal transplant.
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
Ever wanted to describe precisely how crummy you feel after a bad haircut?
Like Stevenson, Tolkien and other creators of fantasy worlds, Ursula K. Le Guin was a cartographer as well as a writer
The Earth is getting warmer, and humans are the cause. This is why. Let’s play pretend for a moment. Pretend, if you can, that you’ve never heard about the idea of […]
Complex problems undermine the very principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.
The chances of an asteroid large enough to be a threat to areas where human beings are concentrated are small. Still, it’s what’s known as a “high impact” result.