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Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Fiction writer and environmentalist T.C. Boyle on the crazy, contested world we might not be able to inhabit much longer, and what we'll do after that.
The winning side in the U.S. presidential election rules a vast, contiguous land mass, the losers are cooped up on a far-flung archipelago
The "deep stories" that run your world are changing. The stories democracy and economics rely on aren't working so well…
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Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery says the social media giant isn't excused from making responsible editorial choices just because it wishes to see itself as a technology company first.
“Don’t stress yourself out just cramming some information into your head. Taking a nap is just as good,” says an academic sleep researchers about a recent study.
Looking for new ways to teach the intellectual capital of humanity to its students, Glasgow University is offering a philosophy course based on the character of Homer Simpson.
We’ve just had the largest full Moon in 68 years. Here’s what was — and wasn’t — true. “For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of […]
If anyone can convince Donald J. Trump to take climate change seriously, it might be the US military.
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The shooting of Philando Castile, captured on Facebook Live, was a watershed moment because it brought technology to bear on our emotions, complicating the good guy vs. bad guy narrative.
In a recent CBS News interview, Jon Stewart lays out some fascinating thinking about Trump, how we got here, and what we all need to do to keep the country working as best it can.
During a time of division and fear, the Buddhist path offers insights into surviving and uniting.
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Fad diets are with us now, and will always be with us, says health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels. This despite the fact that weight loss is a simple science: eat less, exercise more.
This breakthrough Stanford University study may lead to gender specific treatments for post-traumatic experiences.
Researchers in materials science — physics, chemistry, and engineering — are working on new technologies which could solve some of the biggest problems humans currently face.
Stephen Hawking considers the future of humanity in a talk at Oxford University.
A massive complex of ancient stone structures is uncovered in remote Kazakhstan.
Women have the right to decide when to get pregnant. To exercise that right, they need access to contraception and information about family planning.
Fitness experts are praising the benefits of crawling.
Every day, somewhere between 60 and 70 million girls are not in school. More than half a billion females worldwide are illiterate—about twice the number of illiterate males.
Some things are held to a higher standard than mob rule. “The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, […]