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Free markets aren’t like gravity. They’re ruled by neither laws of nature nor commandments carved in stone. Delegating our ethics to markets risks costly error. All things are not equally auctionable.
We all make small mistakes, but sometimes journalists report the complete and utter opposite of what a study really found.
Despite all those weeks sunning themselves and enjoying breaks from work, the French are among the most productive workers in the world. Americans could be, too.
Columbia University forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone dispels common myths about the intersection of violent acts and mental health disorders.
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Until the Internet was allowed on commercial flights, the solution to assuage my fear of flying was to find the nearest airport pub and throw a few back before boarding the plane. That’s all changed.
The ad has been praised for its inclusivity, but it’s more transgressive than that.
The Universe may be truly infinite, but our understanding of it never will be. Here’s why. “To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not […]
There’s a very curious link between topography and personality.
You can get as much done in six hours as you can in eight hours, but with much less wasted time.
Life won’t let you go; not because brighter days are right around the corner, but because it just won’t.
Free riders choose to reap the rewards of a public good without paying their portion of the cost necessary to produce it.
A new French agreement hopes to curb the global waste food by encouraging supermarkets to act generously.
From the Milky Way’s perspective, there are hundreds of galaxies visible with even a small telescope. But from this galaxy’s location? Zero. “If the expansion of the space of the […]
What’s the science behind the need to add an extra day to the calendar every so often? “Will you or won’t you? Should you or shouldn’t you? Use this day […]
A massive, groundbreaking study has found that the majority of new psychology findings in the top three flagship journals can’t be replicated. Where do we go from here?
Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Groups and Clusters are all real. But Superclusters? They’re nothing more than optical illusions. “It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.” –Virginia Woolf […]
It’s a wonderful potential technology for going interstellar. But in your lifetime? Don’t hold your breath. “Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We […]
Thanks to 3D printing, creativity and a lot of effort, this DIY Optimus Prime cake is unlike any other. “When he came home, I could see a change. He was […]
Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization’s future?
Warhol may be dead, but Pop Art is not—it’s more international, relevant, and alive than ever.
The battle over gun control is really about fear.
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The innovative design of a Tokyo kindergarten fosters physical activity, learning, play, autonomy, and the feeling of community.
The ability to laugh during dark times gives us strength, community, and hope.
There’s no such thing as absolute time, but after 13.8 billion years, is anything relatively different? “The total number of people who understand relativistic time, even after eighty years since […]
One restaurant influencer may have the power to wipe out tipping in America.
Scalia was sitting right next to Clarence Thomas, the sole African-American justice, when he made these startling comments.
Chinese activist Ai Weiwei is the most political artist on Earth. Did he just sell his soul to a department store?
If all the worlds formed together, they have the ingredients for life, too. Maybe it isn’t just Earth who got lucky. “If I had to describe myself to an alien […]