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Eliminating the estate tax makes no sense in a meritocratic system, yet most Americans are against the so-called “death tax.” The reasons why range from the hypocritical to the woefully ignorant.
The ill-mannered use of mobile phones in public is infuriating. Here’s what you can do about it.
The trouble with productivity as a value is that it treats a morally ambiguous act as a moral good. What, specifically, do we want to be producing more of?
Twenty-one strangers with different values and views, thrown together on a Grand Canyon rafting trip, managed to set aside those differences and build community.
People adopt a “protective” gait when they’re distracted.
Exclusion and a lack of diversity are the breeding grounds for harassment. “There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in […]
Consider the following tale of fashion gone wrong.
After all of Google’s road tests, Tesla makes a bold move.
A new study in the journal of Applied Psychology shows that rudeness has a ripple effect, negatively affecting interactions outside the initial one.
A new study says that the less sleep you get, the more likely you’ll be to catch a cold.
The conflict between East and West predates America and Islam, says a book full of cool maps
The glorious meteor shower peaking this week is the most consistent, year after year. Here’s why. “Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, […]
Yesterday was an epic day: NASA’s Kepler mission announced the discovery of what they called “the most Earth-like planet ever,” the smallest planet ever found that orbits a Sun-like star […]
Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.
Sure their students won a debate against Harvard, but that’s only one reason the Bard Prison Initiative is changing the way we think about criminals.
If you saw the lunar eclipse from a city, here’s what you missed. “The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also […]
Watch as three people attempt to stay awake for 36 hours.
Many people, including a majority of school teachers, harbor important false beliefs about the brain. Are you one of them?
Recent data suggests there are some health benefits from adding a little spice to your foods.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dropped a study on whether living near a nuclear plant increases the risk of cancer. Criticism of this decision is predictable, but unwarranted. The study would only have found what other research has shown. There is no link
It’s all too common to hear about the violent crimes of NFL players. But that’s not the full story. “I can look in their eyes and see it. That’s the […]
Will we stick around for eternity? Or someday decay away? “I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end […]
Research finds that some early screening for breast cancer may do more harm than good. But that’s what the numbers say. How will women feel?
The latest in a string of lurid allegations about initiation ceremonies in elite British universities has shocked the British public. What causes otherwise intelligent individuals to engage in unspeakable acts?
The odds against those with obesity aren’t good — not just in terms of health, but also in losing that weight gained.
Your brain has a smart filter that pushes out irrelevant data so we can be unburdened from remembering.
Litter in Hong Kong and you may see a digital wanted poster of yourself.
Questions like, “What will happen when it all goes wrong?” are at the top of the list.