Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.
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Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.
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Thinkers like Richard Reeves, Louise Perry, and Judith Butler discuss parenthood and the future of the sexual revolution.
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We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
It’s time for Tetris.
Each year in mid-August, Earth plows through the debris stream of an enormous comet, creating the Perseids. 2023’s show will be magnificent!
Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
“Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1.”
To thrive in a rapidly changing future, we will need adaptable and diverse skill sets. Here’s where to look.
Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood.
Books that were rarely taught in 1963, when baby boomers were students, became classics when those same boomers were teachers and parents.
Americans without friends have increased 400% in recent years. Here’s why.
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Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
Each of our three nearest stars might have an Earth-like planet in orbit around it. Here’s what we’ll learn when we finally observe it.
It is normal for parents to experience intrusive thoughts about harming their children. Don’t let the thoughts worry you.
Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.
Red dwarf stars were supposed to be inhospitable. But TOI-700, now with at least two potentially habitable worlds, is quite the exception.
Unless you have a critical mass of heavy elements when your star first forms, planets, including rocky ones, are practically impossible.
People are living longer than ever, challenging our assumptions around milestones like retirement. Economist Lynda Gratton explains a “multi-stage life,” and how retiring later isn’t necessarily something to fear.
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There is no long-term beneficial effect of medication on standardized test scores.
There is a strong case to be made that the China has moved too slowly to reverse the effects of its one-child policy.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
Tikal, one of the biggest cities the Maya ever built, was home to a vast and flourishing society.