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The private sector may need the Outer Space Treaty to be updated before it can make any claims to celestial bodies or their resources.

But the U.S. remains an “innovation powerhouse,” according to the annual report from the World Economic Forum.

Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.

Dr. Joel Smithers was recently sentenced to decades in prison for the numerous illegal prescriptions he gave out.

Could Jerome Segal lead the country toward the utopia of our American dreams?

As it turns out, hacking an election isn’t as hard as you’d think.

Is former Vice President Joe Biden’s “return to normalcy” approach too moderate for Democratic voters?

Witchcraft and pagan spiritualities are on the rise in the United States — especially within mainstream youth culture.

The history of the music industry parallels that of many industries and institutions in the U.S. Many, that is, except for education.

Some say Islam is not a religion. Here’s why all faiths should contest that.

In 1919, Woodrow Wilson attempted to rally the U.S. behind the League of Nations. His failure suggested the way forward.

America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?

Are tiny homes just a trend for wealthy minimalists or an economic necessity for the growing poor?

With little progress on other avenues to preventing mass shootings, one firm has employed architecture to save students.

Some critics say the move is designed to shield those who profited from the dangerous drug.

How can Innovation Central not manage to solve its own sprawling homelessness?

Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.

Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more “real,” according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.

But some say the settlement is a slap on the wrist.

Left-leaning groups don’t seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.

An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.

In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.

The bid to buy Greenland is unlikely to become seriously considered.

During World War II, the U.S. incarcerated over 100,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps throughout the West.

Zizek is on the left and dislikes political correctness. How does that work out?

How deep are America’s cultural fault lines? Depends on which data you crunch.

We are constantly trying to force the world to look like us — we need to move on.

Until the use of prison labor is banned, many stakeholders will be incentivized to prevent felons from being rehabilitated.

The organization argues that there is no evidence for this claim.

President Trump has called for Silicon Valley to develop digital precogs, but such systems raise efficacy concerns.