This weekend, StoryCorps is asking us to interview our older relatives about their lives and upload it to the Library of Congress. What a wonderful way to spend your holiday.
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Happy Birthday To The Person Who Literally Brought Us The Entire Universe “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” –Edwin Hubble As […]
Contrary to public opinion, Kansas isn’t the flattest state in the Union — yet.
If you knew the flu was going around your office, wouldn’t it be nice to work at home for the day?
Conversations about police brutality and stereotyping are incomplete without a look at the racial wealth gap.
The New York Times and other media make war too pretty for our own good.
And it couldn’t have done it without the heat from our world. “Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.” –Langston Hughes If you’ve ever […]
Google has a new tool out to help you compare mortgages. Will it be setting trends for a new market in the upcoming years?
Donald Trump is the poster boy for the GOP, which has used its ability to harness anger for the powers of bad.
Studies say we need friends in order to be happier, healthier, and to live longer — but in this case, is less more?
Syrian refugees and others are in crisis, but to approach the problem with temporary solutions won’t get us very far.
And, you know, really look at what’s in front of them.
Kill stress and gain perspective by way of creative expression.
Creating a fabric of knowledge to inspire and connect the world.
When you make anything Minecraft- or Frozen- or Star Wars-themed, it’s hard to keep kids away.
The force that has only been seen on the largest cosmic scales affects smaller ones, too. We just need to look well enough. “There are still so many questions to answer. […]
Even when everything sucks, you can still feel thankful.
Research now says that we all react differently to the same foods. Maybe grabbing that cookie isn’t as bad as we thought it was.
“Life is short; art endures” — As art time capsules proliferate, who is deciding what constitutes art worth saving for later?
Nature versus nurture is back, and this time it’s about happiness. Do our behaviors make us happy, or does our brain?
It’s extremely difficult for new technologies to also envision the ways we will relate to each other in the future.
ISIS routinely traffics and sells captured women and girls. Is buying them back fueling more terrorism?
As we all still recover from the Paris attacks, remember the beauty and joy of one of the most forgotten French discoveries. “Truth is more valuable if it takes you […]
We really did design the world in our own image. “Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.” –Albert Camus Whenever we […]
The ad has been praised for its inclusivity, but it’s more transgressive than that.
And what technology will it take for us to get there? “Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on […]
Climate change will hurt farmers, although not all equally. American farmers won’t have it nearly as bad as African ones.
His words give those of us with creative and depressive tendencies hope, perspective, and a sense of camaraderie.
Terrorists exploit the “glamor of action movies, video games, and gangsta rap.” Counterterrorist efforts somehow have to counter that glamorization.