The Present

Americans just want to pay their bills. Is universal basic income the path to financial stability and economic opportunity?

A few traditions in the Roman Catholic Church can be traced back to pagan cults, rites, and deities.

A pragmatic approach to fixing an imbalanced system.

Is there a way for more human-centered algorithms to prevent potentially triggering interactions on social media?

Methane is 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

A song many consider the black national anthem rises again in the United States.

Do you want Facebook or Google to control your legacy?

As a moral and political philosophy, classical liberalism lays a framework for the good society.

Being ahead of the curve can be a dangerous place. These 7 thinkers were driven from their homelands over it.

Can AI make better predictions about future crimes?

Can reading increase empathy and charitable thinking?

Here’s how to have a healthier relationship with politics.

Global warming has shown that permafrost is not so permanent after all.

Laws can’t stand by themselves. Professor James Stoner explains why.

Is the experience we call “love” felt the same in every language?

One in five people have ended sex because of bad bedroom talk. Here’s the data and science on how to do it right.

Technological advances in molecular biology could help fix the planet.

Considering strands of liberalism and how each determines right from wrong.

It’s the first American news channel to focus on African-American experiences.

Without regulations, implicit bias could shape artificial intelligence into a nightmare for some.

A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.

Ezra Klein offers good reasons to take a skeptical look at automation apocalypse theories.

Belief systems aren’t necessarily dangerous until they’re spread by someone with influence.

University of Utah research finds that men are especially well suited for fisticuffs.

The BYP Network is shining light on overlooked talent in certain industries.

Answer: When 22 men make more money than all of the women in Africa, an Oxfam study says absolutely.

Understanding society as an ever-changing archipelago, rather than as a fixed, closed structure.

Protest music is a natural feature of humanity.

On average, American households dump the equivalent of $1,900 worth of food a year.

No matter how arbitrary the distinction, human beings take affiliation very seriously.