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For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]
Israel’s buoyant currency, coupled with increased costs for transport and groceries, saw Tel Aviv jump five places from last year.
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. We explore the number of factors which might explain this difference.
In the most extreme cases, spiraling prices can lead to a collapse in a currency’s value.
Driving Teslas and planting trees are nice, but methane reduction, industrial efficiency, carbon removal, and a moderate carbon tax are the most efficient ways to fight climate change.
Society incorrectly blamed a “population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.
“Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you’ll avoid harm.”
GPT-3, which features 175 billion parameters, just might fool you in a conversation.
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs, but even if you can’t join the Great Resignation, you can still pursue a do-over moment.
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?
Universal basic income can secure basic independence for citizens, something which modern states have failed to do, argues author Louise Haagh.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
Employees are quitting at record rates – a trend that shows no signs of stopping.
The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Daylight saving time was first implemented during the first world war to take advantage of longer daylight hours and save energy. While this made a difference when we heavily relied on coal […]
Winner takes all, losers die, and participants have no choice but to play.
These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.
The creator of the index called it a public utility for accessing the “vast ocean” of human knowledge.
There’s more to miracles than turning water into wine.
Today, alcohol is as important as candy to the Halloween economy.
In his new book, “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy,” former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.