A new study says that it could be centuries before millions of the classic toys submerged in the Earth’s seas disintegrate.
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In one generation, the climate of many American cities will experience a noticeable shift.
What’s the Boring Company going to do with all the rock it excavates while digging tunnels? Elon Musk wants to sell it to you in “LEGO-like” kits.
When a ‘Rick and Morty’ fan recently tweeted at Dan Harmon asking how to deal with depression, it didn’t take him long to reply.
If you’re the kind of person who chronically abandons New Year’s resolutions, try “temptation bundling” in 2016.
The author of The Purpose Driven Life has a theory about why Paris happened: We haven’t accepted Jesus.
Thousands of families across the United States will trick-or-treat tonight in neighborhoods not their own. The cultural debate surrounding “Halloween carpetbaggers” is tied into broader debates about race, class, and wealth.
This week the New York Times published a story about Chinese investors snapping up property in the United States. Prices are rising here, but I don’t think these purchases are […]
So far we’ve had Free Market Jesus, Cowboy Jesus, Mack Daddy Jesus, and Finally Come To Jesus as front runners in the Republican primary. Now we’ve got My Jesus Is […]
What do you do when your Presidential campaign is floundering and your support has collapsed in the polls? I’m not sure. That’s why political strategists are paid the big bucks. […]
Texas Governor Rick Perry’s August 6th prayer rally, The Response: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis, has already garnered criticism for being a Christians-only affair that blurred […]
Over the coming months, I will be blogging regularly on the topic of polarization, highlighting research and trends on the nature, causes, and possible solutions to the nation’s political paralysis. […]
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez was fired after letting loose an anti-semitic tirade against Jews in the media in general, and Daily Show host Jon Stewart in particular. Here’s a transcript […]
Todd Purdum has a feature in Vanity Fair this month that is so rich with insight, color, and analysis regarding the communication challenges facing the Obama administration that I immediately […]
As the Sunday NY Times details, strategist Steve Schmidt has turned around the McCain campaign with brilliant advertising that sets the news agenda and primes voter evaluations. The former Rove […]
They say that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. When they say that, they usually mean that they’re going to get drunk, not write a novel. But while a […]
Old politicians never die. Now, they don’t even have the courtesy to fade away. Are you ready for the has-been campaign of 2010? As the rest of the world recovers […]
Patrick Gavin at Politico highlights today Washington’s most influential twitterers. “In Washington, the social networking and microblogging service is quickly becoming part of the daily media diet — and a powerful […]
“Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you’ll avoid harm.”
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
If our Universe were born a little differently, there wouldn’t have been any planets, stars, galaxies, or chemically interesting reactions.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
Mongol forces never fully conquered the continent, but they played a key role in its historical development.
Most of us only ever see a fraction of a full rainbow: an arc. But optically, a full rainbow makes a complete circle. Physics explains why.
Biological age is a better health indicator than the number of years you’ve lived, but it’s tricky to measure.
When it comes to handling our emotions, we can’t afford to be none the WISER.
Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.
This is your brain on work.
In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age.
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities.