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These effective strategies can minimize harmful moral grandstanding – in yourself and in others.
Institute for Humane Studies
Some studies say they help, others say just the opposite. Let's dig in to find the truth.
The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.
Is that what Jesus would have responded to the poll from Pew Research Center?
The strike is poised to happen on Amazon's upcoming "Prime Day."
The Doomsday clock has never been closer to midnight.
No matter how long you wait, the matter that makes you probably won’t end up inside a black hole. It’s one of the most pervasive ideas out there: if you wait […]
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Soon we'll be able to blink and instantly go online via computer chips attached to our eyes.
The resistance movements may be more about identity than science.
The U.S. Soccer Federation says "market realities" explain the pay gap. Others say it's institutionalized sexism.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
New research reveals a major shift in what pressures life used to face.
In Natural Causes, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich questions our obsession with wellness.
Compassion is one of several news values that determine if a story is published.
Ideas are plentiful; execution is another story.
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Sometimes the way to rise to the top is by moving sideways.
The total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019, is the longest one we’ll have until 2027. And that’s not all. On July 2, 2019, the new Moon will pass between Earth […]
Harvard engineers make a breakthrough polarization camera.
There are a few different theories out there, but the parieto-frontal integration theory, or P-FIT, appears to give us the best model of the neuroscience of intelligence.
The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of 'California as an island'.