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After widespread criticism of Facebook’s handling of election meddling, fake news and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, investors are growing increasingly frustrated at the company’s leadership.

Maybe everything we do is bad. But it’s not all bad to the same extent. Writer Jonathan Safran Foer on factory farming and free-range parenting in 2018.

"We express no view on the soundness of the policy," Justice Roberts wrote in the Trump v. Hawaii Supreme Court ruling.

The decision, supported in the majority opinion by the court’s conservative justices, is a victory for nationwide religious groups and a defeat for the mostly liberal state.

In the Communication Styles Matrix, there are four basic styles of communicators: the Director, Expresser, Thinker, and Harmonizer. Typically, people are a combination of at least two communication styles—one “primary” […]

Half of all the antibiotics produced in the United States are given to animals to help them grow faster, should we stop this for the sake of our health?

If we don’t invest in learning about the Universe, we aren’t going to learn very much. Every ten years, the field of astronomy and astrophysics undergoes a Decadal Survey. This charts […]

To spur action on climate change, we need a story of mythical proportions.

Workplace discrimination is often subtle but very real, says financial educator and author Alvin Hall.

The James Webb Space Telescope could mean finding a human-sustaining planet in another galaxy.

Almost half of the American workers don't take all the vacation days they can, leading to increased health risks.

We knew that coffee is good for us. Now we know why.

A fresh take on the decades-old Drake equation incorporates new factors and greater uncertainty, suggesting a high likelihood that humanity is alone in the universe.

A new study from MIT has found that piano lessons have a very specific effect on kindergartners’ ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between spoken words.

Millennials are the first generation on track to make less than their parents. Of course, there was that whole Great Recession starting in 2008...

Are some of the most particular painting styles in history the result of impoverished vision, or a conscious artistic choice made by the artist?

In rural America, the odds of having access to a specialized mental health professional are slim, according to new research.

Author Johann Hari says our jobs may be at the root of widespread depression and anxiety.

If you thought LIGO’s recent discoveries were profound and unusual, wait until you meet OJ 287. Recently, LIGO has revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe by discovering merging black holes. The […]

A new study shows that environment, not genetics, determines behavioral patterns of eating in youth that persist throughout life.