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The California State Assembly named August Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.
New research combines what we know about the mental health benefits of walking with avoiding family dysfunction and saving our minds from technological distraction.
It’s more than a conclusion that most scientists agree on; it’s the basis for all the science we do now! “Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned […]
Researchers discover the source of a remarkably strange sound coming from the Caribbean.
Racial bias has been around forever it seems, but it can show up in ugly ways on apps like Airbnb and Nextdoor. Here’s what they’re planning to do about it.
The idea that there might only be one fundamental force might be a fundamental mistake. “Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of […]
Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.
Roam is one of a new subset of companies aimed at cultivating the coworking and coliving movements. Only now the horizon is abroad.
Harvard paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman argues that cultural evolution is often more influential than biological evolution, leading to a host of ailments.
In light of the prison sentences of Oscar Pistorius and Lionel and Jorge Messi, we examine why athletes who commit crimes have the luxury of lighter sentencing.
Looking into the great, dark unknown was a mystery for thousands of years. No longer! “Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can’t construct a […]
The Global economic midpoint is returning to Asia – at increasing speed.
Chris Urmson, head of Google’s autonomous cars, told an audience at SXSW there will be more accidents. But that fact shouldn’t make us stop progress.
Researchers have new evidence showing preference and “cheating” for those who are most like us, even when we don’t directly benefit.
For a long time we’ve tried to polarize teamwork as either 100% positive or negative. But in truth there are ways it can be both.
Earth day may have been last week, but the lessons we learned about Earth from space are with us always. “We are not learning to view ourselves as an advanced, evolving […]
Today, it’s the most obvious thing in the world. But how do you prove it to yourself? “A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the […]
Want five or six extra days every year? Easy – choose streaming over network TV. Adults are sacrificing 130 hours, and kids 150 hours, to ads annually when they watch commercial programming.
In A Field Guide to Lies, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explains how to wade through an endless sea of data and statistics to hone our critical thinking skills.
The Indian government has a new and ambitious plan for reforestation. Learn about the energy and economic benefits of trees, and whether or not it’s likely the plan will ever come to fruition.
Whether you have a fixed or growth mindset affects the quality (and future) of your relationships.
Flexible work schedules aren’t the rarity that they used to be. Some of the biggest companies now allow their employees to set their own schedules, with pretty interesting results.
There’s a small rock orbiting our planet more distant than the Moon we know. Does that mean we have two Moons? “You can be the Moon and still be jealous of […]
Around the world, people are embracing minimalism as a lifestyle, focusing less on owning things.
“I’m sorry Dave; I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
The Food for Thought app from the University of Illinois teaches students about climate change through the lens of eating healthy.
Mongolia becomes the world’s first country to switch to the what3words system of addresses.
An awful op-ed about how science is no different than other disciplines misses some fundamental facts. “Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.” […]
What narrow misses did NASA’s Juno probe face on the five-year journey to Jupiter, and it’s acrobatic slip into the orbit of our solar system’s largest planet?