In a world without "bullshit jobs," we would have more hours available to us to learn new skills and to unleash our creative side.

Two mounds of rice and a tiny flag in a sea of curry is enough to re-heat an old territorial conflict.

The Chegg cheating scandal reveals a critical need to rethink the student experience in post-COVID education.

The prize went to three researchers who revolutionized the social sciences by taking advantage of natural experiments.

Jains believe that karma weighs the soul down. This can be overcome through extreme asceticism, in which one slowly withdraws from life.

You may only have a few minutes to prepare.

Both journalists have put themselves in danger to shed light on corruption and abuses of power in their home countries.

People appear to have no qualms about sharing their locations, struggles, and relationships online.

Evidence shows that information is transmitted via “complex contagion.”

A decade ago, scientists weren’t able to confidently connect any individual weather event to climate change, even though the warming trends were clear.

Is it true that half of disaster relief is motivated politically rather than by need?

After the German election, will the nation continue to "muddle through" successfully enough to lead Europe?

"The name's Bond. Jane Bond."

Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.

The cause of the recent uptick in radiation is unknown, but speculation about another catastrophe at Chernobyl is hyperbolic.

It follows a well-worn playbook for North Korea.

The EU is slowly realizing that it cannot count on the U.S. to meet its security needs. Has the time finally come for a European military?

Organ transplantation is in dire need of biotechnological advances. 3D bioprinting and genetic modification of pigs provide a path forward.

Preferring "bases not places," the U.S. does not really resemble the empires of old.

Bitcoin's creator owns five percent of the entire Bitcoin supply, meaning that he has a larger percent of Bitcoin than the U.S. has of gold.

It does not matter if intelligent life exists elsewhere. We will never find each other.

People are driving less. This trend is expected to continue.

It is difficult to save a species that does not seem to care about saving itself.

For nearly two centuries, courts have relied on the subjective "reasonable person standard" to solve legal disputes. Now, science can help.

Hospitals often deal with the aftermath of gun violence, but they can play a key role in preventing it.

Higher education, particularly for fields like filmmaking, is in big trouble when a world-class education can be found online cheaply or even for free.

Our chart shows new additions since 1984 that have stuck around.

Three ideas could help create the police force that Americans want.

A socially minded franchise model makes money while improving society.

In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.