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They cannot thrive in the current ecosystem.
The roots of the word “Christmas” express two kinds of liberation (of, and from, the masses) with some shortening. Much that matters is hidden in the unsung history of words, and their translations… there’s the rub…
How much is a copy really worth?
Crossing the generational divide.
How China’s new social credit system could lead to an Orwellian future.
Forensic anthropologist Richard Neave has given us the most accurate portrayal of Jesus to date. This still will not change the ways we misrepresent his identity.
We’re teaching robots to learn in all kinds of new ways.
It’s the rebels among us that change the world.
Freud was much more than the Id and Oedipus, and he may be the answer to today’s problems.
Before there was Cruise, Stallone, and Schwarzenegger, there was Douglas Fairbanks.
The Mexican census looks a little different this year.
These kids are living on the edge, keeping their struggle on the DL. Here’s what we can do to help.
We’ve heard some pretty wild excuses to avoid clean energy. This one takes the cake.
Ad blockers have given consumers a bargaining chip; let’s not waste it.
A new law just passed in France has got us thinking about alternatives.
Nigeria is building houses out of a most unusual building block.
Giving the streets back to folks for whom they were originally designed: pedestrians.
A beautiful Scandinavian country might be paying its residents more than $800 a month, with no strings attached.
About 1.15 million people in the U.S. have died from gun violence since John Lennon’s death 35 years ago. What can his life and music tell us about how to respond to violence, intolerance, and hate?
Though perhaps not the most pressing, believe it or not.
Knowing how to code becomes the next phase of literacy.
Technology companies are under pressure to remove violent, terrorist content from their sites. Who should decide what gets removed?
People who believe that vague, mundane, vacuous quotes are truly profound also show indications of decreased cognitive ability.
Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were “profound.”
Keeping sugar-sweetened beverages off the dinner table.
Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?
Iran is starting to show works of Western art that have been underground for 40 years.
Long live the bicycle!
What will become of the unemployed humans?