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Privacy virtue
Dave Eggers book, "The Circle," uses satire to illuminate how privacy is fast becoming a lost virtue in the digital age.
The Genetic Lottery
In an excerpt from her recent book, the behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden carefully explores a topic that's often considered taboo: how genetics affect life outcomes.
Almost 10% of all new jobs created between 2020 and 2030 will unfortunately be some of the lowest paid.
supply chain
Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.
fashionable nonsense
The credibility problem facing the biomedical and public health establishment is, at least in part, a product of its own making.
sci fi predict
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
porn and relationships
A recent study casts doubt on the notion that watching porn, whether alone or with a partner, damages romantic relationships.
What are the origins of vampires?
Societal breakdown, whether real or imagined, can lead to dramatic responses — like blood-sucking vampires.
A recent discovery pushes back the date on when dinosaurs first engaged in social behavior.
dante
In hell, we assume a position of moral superiority, looking down over the sinners and the poor decisions that led them to this wretched place. In heaven, Dante is looking down upon us.
linguistic laws
Linguistic laws are remarkably versatile and have applications in ecology, microbiology, epidemiology, demographics, and geography.
13.8 billion
It's been precisely 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang occurred. Here's how we know.
genius
Great genius is not born of lightning bolt-like moments of inspiration. In reality, perseverance plays the biggest role.
Levels of Trust
The 2021 Quality of Government Index shows how much trust the citizens of Europe place in each other and in their elected politicians.
Swarm robotics
Inspired by the group behaviors of simple animals, a team of roboticists has developed a new way for swarm robots to maneuver on land.
Mongolian Siege
Historians know how military technologies evolved, but the reasons why remain poorly understood.
This Mastcam-Z enhanced color photo mosaic shows a butte near Jezero crater informally dubbed “Kodiak” by the rover team.
The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.
satellite megaconstellation risk
An unprecedented number of new satellites threatens the night sky as we know it. Will we act in time to save it?
attention
Our minds are hyper-taxed due to hyper-tasking. We need to slow down and allow ourselves to daydream if we want to improve our attention.