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The American Hispanic electorate is growing rapidly, but facts about voting trends among minorities and youths indicate they're still years away from holding real power.
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Creativity is the result of toggling between two main modes of thought. So what exactly are these modes and how do we take the middle path?
Nothing fans the flames of nationalism like the sense of historical wrongs as yet "unrighted."
Last week’s $1.5 billion jackpot was a record that likely will be broken again and again. But when, if ever, should you play? “I’ve done the calculation and your chances of […]
These American artists once challenged the art world with epic land art. Where are today’s troublemakers?
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Bill Nye answers a question from Thomas: "Is there really an independent ego that is in control of my every thought and action?"
When you remove the content, all that's left are soothing, colorful boxes.
Astronaut Scott Kelly channeled his inner Mark Watney.
Pilot study finds standing desks may have improved student test scores.
From 10 billion years ago, a cluster more than 500 trillion times the Sun’s mass is revealed to us. “If you take a galaxy and try to make it bigger, […]
Researchers strive for technology designed for extrasensory perception.
Hollywood is a gated community, and the stories it chooses to honor speak volumes about how it views race and gender in this country.
The good news: New York State just set up a site where residents can directly vote on whether or not they support the bill.
The first ultra high-energy map of the Universe is complete after six years. And there’s a surprise inside. “I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also […]
Robotic cars are coming. The IT and automobile industries have the throttle wide open to be the first to get the human out of the loop. The “Google Car” is […]
Our behaviors are measured, assessed, and evaluated in increments, all the little things we do. The future isn’t solely about big data; it's about little data and its risky union with big data.
Pyongyang says they’ve detonated a hydrogen bomb. Here’s how science can tell us they’re lying. “In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and […]
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If a rising tide lifts all boats, why isn't America — a nation of such wealth and resources — a more egalitarian country? Actor Wendell Pierce says we've lost the true spirit of capitalism.
And what it means if we don’t see gravitational waves from inflation in the next 5–10 years. “The paradigm of physics — with its interplay of data, theory and prediction — is the most powerful […]