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Millennial income did not recover from the Great Recession like older generations', a disparity that can have dire consequences for future generations.
Having helped transform how creative work is financed, Yancey Strickler has moved on from Kickstarter, the company he co-founded toward a kind of values reset that moves us away from a narrow, unsustainable, inhumane obsession with profit at all costs.
4mins
Throughout history, we find knowledge that can't possibly be documented, but still it exists.
We negotiate throughout our lives in a lot more ways than we realize. Learning how to reach an agreement is a valuable skill to have, and one great way to […]
While legalization has benefits, a new study suggests it may have one big drawback.
The bill would effectively legalize marijuana at the federal level, while allowing states to draft their own laws.
1mins
When it comes to scholarly engagement, what kinds of critique are considered appropriate and acceptable?
Charles Koch Foundation
Living 150 years sounds great… till you consider the effects on population.
Even before MMA was a combat sport, it was a unique type of astronomy. Today, it’s opening up the Universe as never before. On February 24, 1987, a spectacular signal was […]
A new paper suggests that the mysterious X17 subatomic particle is indicative of a fifth force of nature.
“You will always be looking over your shoulder waiting for somebody to call you out and say, ‘You’re a fraud, you’re an idiot.’ … I still start things and basically […]
The object, originally dubbed "Ultima Thule," was renamed to "Arrokoth" due to the connection between the word "Thule" and the Nazis.
A recent computer analysis found that millions of possible chemical compounds could be used to store genetic information. This begs the question — why DNA?
3mins
Cities of the future won't just be incredibly populated, they'll also be smarter than ever.
A mysterious startup reveals a groundbreaking solar energy achievement.
Matter can indeed sprout out of nothingness, causing the universe to expand.
Helium and carbon are made copiously in the interiors of stars. But the in-between elements? They’re rarities everywhere. If you were to take every element in the periodic table and […]
Entomologist William Romoser of Ohio University says NASA images depict insect- and reptile-like creatures on Mars.