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The 4 risk factors behind someone becoming a mass shooter
Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
Digital nomad: why work from home if you can work from anywhere in the world?
Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.
How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to answer and misses the point
Yes, there are reasons to worry about Twitter, but it's not about the bots.
This is why the US dollar is a potent sanctions weapon — for now
A clear alternative has yet to emerge.
Virginia launches world’s biggest 3D-printed housing project
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
The biggest myths about electric vehicles
We're separating the facts about EVs from the fiction.
Cryptocurrency and the “greater fool” theory of economics
An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
Back to the source: What we gain when we cut out the middleman
Our economy is dominated by middlemen, including huge companies such as Walmart and Amazon. There are many benefits to going direct instead.
The “sonnenrad” used in shooters’ manifestos: a spiritual symbol of hate
The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.
After millennia of agricultural expansion, the world has passed “peak agricultural land”
This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.
The term “white privilege” backfires spectacularly and makes social change less likely
Polarization or misunderstanding?
China’s population is about to shrink for the first time in 60 years
The last time the population shrank was during the great famine of 1959-61.
These are the 10 fastest sinking cities in the world
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
What is “personhood”? The ethics question that needs a closer look in abortion debates
Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry
Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.
Rooftop gardens can help alleviate heat in cities, study finds
An effect called the "urban heat island" means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
Finland prepares world’s first “nuclear tomb”
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Shame is one of our most positive social tools — until it goes too far
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.
If you have a 401(k), you’re an investor. Geopolitics will affect your financial security
Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.
Russia’s weaponization of natural gas could backfire
Could Russia's plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
7 reasons why Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership is so effective
Aristotle's ancient virtues play a vital role in today's war.
How Singapore’s “Garden City” vision fused nature and urban design like nowhere else
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.
Abortion has been common in the U.S. since the 18th century
And debate over it started soon after.
Companies are sucking carbon from the atmosphere using “direct air capture”
Here’s how it works.
4 things to know about Moldova and Transnistria
Ukraine destroyed a railway to prevent passage from Transnistria into Ukraine.
Israeli and US Navy lasers successfully shoot down drones, rockets, artillery
Israel looks to deploy its “Iron Beam” air-defense system within the year.
No more Medvedev, Tchaikovsky, or Dostoevsky: the pros and cons of cancelling Russian culture
Some question the ethics of sanctions aimed at cancelling Russian art and culture and punishing ordinary citizens.
How the image of a victimized Russia got into the country’s psyche
Is there victory in defeat?