A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality has found teacher-training textbooks aren’t based in evidence.
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Those who want to keep Syrian refugees out of the country are succumbing to a classic error of logical reasoning.
No doubt you’ve heard one of these arguments given as a reason against gun control. Problem is, it’s very dubious logic.
We build tools, and those tools determine, construct, and guide our lives. Should we welcome the assistance that artificially intelligent machines provide?
There’s a strange beauty, yes, but also a violence to Degas’ technique. Where did that violence come from?
The man with “the hardest job in Washington” abruptly announced his resignation the day after fulfilling his personal dream: hosting a sitting pope in Congress.
Author-musician James McBride claims that James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, holds the secret to America’s race-torn soul.
Iran is starting to show works of Western art that have been underground for 40 years.
Nature versus nurture is back, and this time it’s about happiness. Do our behaviors make us happy, or does our brain?
A recent study makes a compelling new case for why we shouldn’t take drugs like Adderall precisely because they help us to succeed at things we otherwise wouldn’t.
Who will care for you in old age? Given dramatically lower fertility rates and population aging, combined with the high cost of caregiving, the future of eldercare and senior housing may be in for a big change. Can you imagine a future where robots provide care to older adults? Whether you think it cool, or creepy, the future may begin on July 17th when the Henn-na Hotel in Japan opens with a mostly robotic staff — is senior housing next?
Picasso didn’t fight in World War I, but he still struggled with how that war influenced his art and life.
Our grandparents shouldn’t lose out on life just because they age.
Innovation isn’t always the result of invention and discovery. Sometimes the best way to innovate is to rethink something old.
“Life is short; art endures” — As art time capsules proliferate, who is deciding what constitutes art worth saving for later?
A year after a near-fatal car accident, the comedian has rebounded from a traumatic brain injury.
A new book offers insights into the makers of earworms you can’t escape.
Should you check yourself before you bedeck yourself?
Researchers tested police on major misconceptions about the psychology of policing
You know you’ve gone off the deep end when the human incarnation of Darth Vader says your proposal “goes against everything we stand for and believe in.”
Robots and computers will not just eliminate our jobs; they will also dissolve important aspects of the family and our pair-bonded partnerships.
The ability to laugh during dark times gives us strength, community, and hope.
100,000 people now die every year due to fake drugs. It is time for the resources wasted on a failed “war on drugs” to be put to good use.
People go a little nuts when entire cities lose electrical power, and blackout events are getting more frequent, not less.
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?
These kids are living on the edge, keeping their struggle on the DL. Here’s what we can do to help.
Using only his thoughts, a quadriplegic man has successfully tested a robotic arm.
A big part of our current mess has to do with how little about religion we actually know.
His words give those of us with creative and depressive tendencies hope, perspective, and a sense of camaraderie.
New robot seeks to bring convenience to your life, and can master new tasks on the fly.