People often say, “I’m just not a math person,” but the truth is that no one’s brain is hardwired for math.
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On hallucinating a teensy Virgin Mary in a water fountain, our weird relationship to fame, her stint as an elf-hunting camp counselor, and more in what feels like a 4 am college conversation with the inimitable Parker Posey.
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A study finds a link between intolerant attitudes among some Americans and support for anti-democratic measures and army rule.
Author, speaker, and public intellectual Richard Dawkins is a first-class debater on subjects as grand and reaching as the very existence (or lack thereof) of a master creator. But he’s got a simple yet highly effective technique to win people over to see his point of view. Find out what it is right here.
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The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?
The Justice Department has long held the view that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However there is a fail-safe mechanism in the law reserved for special circumstances.
Some Democrats and political analysts are calling Trump an ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ after his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight felonies.
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The updated recommendations come in the wake of research that shows an alarming rise of colon and rectal cancer among young adults.
There is a more accurate date for when American independence from Great Britain was declared.
New evidence emerges that microplastics eaten by marine animals may be traveling up the food chain to our plates.
Haley, who’s at times been both a supporter and critic of the president, reportedly “shocked” White House officials by announcing the end of her two-year tenure as a U.N. ambassador.
The healthiest end-of-day sleep is 6 to 8 hours, but not more. Or less. As for napping, it depends on how you want to wake up.
America’s greatest international impact since World War 2 has been through its diplomacy, not its wars.
If confirmed by future observations, this would be the most significant discovery of liquid water on Mars yet.
A team at MIT has discovered that human brains are capable of “seeing” ghost images hidden between groups of patterns captured by single-pixel cameras.
Two men formerly close to President Donald Trump are now facing prison in a development that could prove consequential for Trump’s longevity in office and the U.S. political system in general.
The famed author and public intellectual has a bone to pick with the American legal system.
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China’s rise has necessitated a global PR push. It includes influencing how the movies you watch depict China.
The fascinating HBO documentary ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’ looks at Elvis’s practice of re-making black hits for his white audience. Was it cultural appropriation or just love of the material?
The most valuable college majors will prepare students for a world right out a science fiction novel.
Why self-control makes your life better, and how to get more of it.
The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?
50 years ago the city of Chicago erupted in a legendary police riot.
We often praise selfless action, but it is even possible?
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.