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How we define “inequality” is of utmost importance in trying to implement fair equality.
A quarter-million years of evolution can’t be wrong.
Hawaii continues its history of progressive climate policy by pledging to become carbon neutral by 2045, a move that would make it the first such state in the country.
Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and anxious.
The impact of this research could help save millions of lives each year. Only thing is, it has to be done from space.
‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.
Space may be enormous, but collisions are inevitable. Here’s what happens when they occur. The Universe as we know it has been around for nearly 14 billion years: plenty of time […]
The Thucydides Trap leads us to believe a U.S.-China war is inevitable. But is a 2,400-year-old school of thought really what the U.S. should base its foreign policy on?
Do you know your rights? Hit refresh on your constitutional knowledge!
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On Monday, the Supreme Court set aside the ruling against Jack Phillips, a baker who cited religious beliefs as the reason he refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2012.
Geologically, it might be the most intense Hawaiʻian eruption in over 200 years. But not a single person has died, thanks to science. Hawaii, a chain of islands in the Pacific […]
In the 2018 World Cup, England’s team was aided by an unconventional team member: a psychologist who equipped players with tools to navigate the mental and emotional sides of the game.
The Galapagos Islands are among the most fascinating places on Earth. Their uniqueness has inspired science to make many important discoveries there.
Social media has created some perfect crowd-think tools. But are people really listen to the conversations?
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An eighth-grader from the Dallas area in the winner of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling words like condottiere, ankyloglossia, and jagüey.
U.S. Supreme Court justices receive lifetime appointments to the bench, but many wonder if indefinite terms do more harm to our legal system than good.
Not everyone is satisfied with the Big Bang. But every alternative is a disastrous failure. It’s treated as though it’s an unassailable scientific truth: 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe […]
Older, wealthy men exploiting financially strapped young women isn’t new, but it’s an exploding phenomenon with the rising price of higher education and a factor in the ongoing HIV crisis in Africa.
The most unusual star known has finally had its dimming scientifically explained. Here’s the unusual, dusty resolution. The science of planet-hunting has truly taken off in the 21st century, with […]
DNA testing of the remains of nine women with elongated skulls suggests a strange explanation for how they likely ended up hundreds of miles from their homeland.
The Chinese government just banned the online sale of Bibles, yet another attempt at President Xi’s suppression of Christianity.
Handing out tickets might be distracting police departments from working on more serious crimes.
If our current laws of physics can’t predict what will happen, even probabilistically, we need something new. There are two theories we have that explain all the particles and their […]
Stars don’t stay the same throughout their life, and the Sun is no exception. Here’s what’s going on. Here on Earth, the ingredients for life to survive, thrive, evolve, and sustain […]
Chris Hughes earned nearly half a billion dollars after co-founding Facebook. Now he’s arguing for fairer wages in the form of a $500 monthly ‘social dividend’ for low- and middle-class Americans.
Various studies have found that, on average, belief in God is associated with lower scores on IQ tests.
Here’s how looking down at 4 billion years of Earth’s history changes you.
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Going mad with Christmas cheer? Try one of these alternatives.
Believe it or not, our eating habits are influenced by what music is playing and other forces that we may not be consciously aware of.