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Our cosmos was "bruised" in collisions with other universes. Now astronomers have found the first evidence of these impacts in the cosmic microwave background.
The amiable idea that language shapes thought has become disconnected, in our popular culture, from any consideration of mere fact, says Mark Liberman of the U of Pennsylvania.
Can modern science help us to create heroes? That’s the lofty question behind the Heroic Imagination Project, a new nonprofit started by Stanford psychologist Phil Zimbardo.
Obesity is a growing global health problem, and we all know why, don't we? It's the fault of corporations that sell corn syrup, and a starkly unequal society (why would […]
A California judge signed off on Festivus as a legit religion: Locked up in a California jail, Malcolm Alarmo King wanted healthier meals. In an argument apparently made to a […]
Who won the Bad Sex in Fiction Award in 2006? Whoever it was, it should have been Julian Assange for this self-description: Thu 29 Jun 2006 : Krill to the […]
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Even if it causes global tension and takes awhile, the Yuan could become the world’s go-to reserve currency if these four changes happen in China.
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With economic power comes a rise in political and geopolitical power for China, including the possibility of economic bubbles and military aggression.
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It’s easier to succeed in your career by taking mainstream views rather than thinking independently—but that doesn’t mean you’ll be right.
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The economist's prediction that market rationality was wrong is an example of why conventional wisdom should be tested for weakness.
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Knowing what empirical data to look for is the key to confirming an idea—especially when that idea is the premonition of a looming global economic crisis.
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A conversation with the NYU economist.
War-torn Afghanistan has a long path to healing ahead, but one nonprofit, Business Council for Peace, is quietly pushing things along with a smart social enterprise that trains Afghan women […]
Chances are you have probably never heard of the stem cell tourism industry. This nascent yet growing industry consists of clinics and practitioners in China, Mexico, and Germany who promote […]
Recently, I had the rare opportunity to be on both The Colbert Report and the Conan show. As you can imagine, we had a madcap, hilarious romp through time travel, […]
A shortcoming of Lockean liberalism, the kind of liberty to which the Founders were primarily devoted, is its tendency to undermine the stability of the family over time. As the nation’s […]
Terrorism is not so much a military strategy as a public relations strategy. The aim of terrorists is not to defeat their enemies militarily, but to provoke some kind of […]
So here's a contribution to a symposium on our president that I wrote in the form of advice. An excerpt follows: Maybe our president can fend off creeping Tea-Partyism only by […]
Innovation is built into the American way of life, says former President Jimmy Carter. "Quite often, the people who do leave their own nation and come to an unknown destination, […]
The CFR Asia studies director lists the top thought leaders driving the country forward.