The "attention economy" corrupts science.

We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they're used properly.

When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.

Summit Public Schools take a radically different approach to education. And it's working.

It actually furthers the partisan divide.

Why, exactly, don't you trust that person's opinion?

Even the dictionary doesn't get the definition right.

Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?

It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.

What we call "basic research" is actually the most cutting-edge. It underpins knowledge, and without it, technology does not come into being.

A new technique for analyzing networks can tell who wields soft power.

Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.

It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.

In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.

The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada. 

Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.

A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."

Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.

We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.

You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.

Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.

The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.

Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.

Easily distracted? Try a "distractibility delay."

Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.

Is the news too good to be true?

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.

Elastic thinking can reveal the assumptions that hamstring our ability to solve seemingly intractable problems.

People believe that slow and deliberative thinking is inherently superior to fast and intuitive thinking. The truth is more complicated.