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Blockchain technology could help alleviate the struggles of asylum seekers who are many times left in the wake of political fights.

Can we make progress in a world in which we don’t trust our institutions?

A group affiliated with the Russian government has been found by Microsoft to have created at least six ‘spear phishing’ websites targeting U.S elections, and it’s certain there there will be more before November.

Researchers at the Rotman School of Management discovered that past victories rarely translate into new environments.

There’s no escaping its vast power and utility for the human enterprise. Stories, great tales, and songs have all been written about the all-mighty dollar. Here’s 10 documentaries that we think you’ll enjoy.

Millennials would rather pay off their student debt than spend money getting hitched.

If we don’t push the frontiers of physics, we’ll never learn what lies beyond our current understanding. At a fundamental level, what is our Universe made of? This question has […]

The global population is becoming more diverse. As a result, if companies in developed economies don’t diversify their hiring, they may lose out on crucial talent. Cryptocurrencies are here to help.

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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 […]

What do we do when we know an infant will not have a life worth living? Philosophy is here to help.

Immigrants who come to the U.S. are significantly less likely than U.S.-born individuals to have mental health problems, according to a new study published in Psychiatry Research.

Visiting scholar James Timbie says that the artificial intelligence revolution will involve humans and machines working together, with the best results coming from humans supported by intelligent machines.

To put it mildly, North Korea has had a complicated relationship with the world. In chronological order, here are five of North Korea’s most incredible plots.

A new study highlights how blockchain technology can be a game-changer in education.

Artificial intelligence has so far replaced more menial labor, but could it one day soon come for the more analytical positions in the economy like writers and reporters? What will become of journalism?

Free market ideology uses democratic vocabulary as propaganda, obscuring a non-democratic reality.

The term “hodl” originated in a drunken post about Bitcoin from 2013, but it’s evolved into a movement in the cryptocurrency community.

While the concept of “burning” fat is not altogether wrong, the process of losing fat probably isn’t what you imagine.

Student loan debt doesn’t make you undateable. How you handle it might.

If most people knew the details, they might feel very differently about the games.

Is there a connection between mental health and gun violence? Here’s what the experts think and the stats show.

A look at the United States gender gap in 2018 shows that no matter how it’s calculated, it’s still a problem.

A college degree is still a well-trodden path to relative financial success. Even so, a college degree is no longer a guarantee of a secure job, or of any job at all.

“Nice and in control: the twin peaks of a good reputation…But since we are riddled with contradiction, this is not a simple story.”

Once a lucrative exercise anyone could do, bitcoin mining has grown out of control, and governments are weighing what to do.

Only a radically new tax system, one that affects everyone’s bottom line, can compel the environmental transition in consciousness that we so clearly need.    

That same pattern is seen in chimps and orangutans, primatologists say.

Those awful almost-changes they made? They could have avoided the whole problem by simply doing the math. Designed for artists, writers, and creatives* of all different persuasions, Patreon has become a […]