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How bloody was Australia's colonial history? Two mapping projects reveal the horrible truth
“We may have democracy or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few,” Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, “but we can’t have both.” That, in essence, was […]
A firsthand look at China’s material progress and clean-tech revolution -- and what could happen if we let an authoritarian state steer AI's future.
Before becoming America’s most infamous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a magnetic actor who was beloved by audiences and courted by critics.
With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era Lysenkoism.
If you find yourself on one of these roads, it might be a while before you see another fellow traveler.
The global extent of the Revolutionary War surprises many Americans today — but it was crucial to independence.
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a 'fight or run' reaction.
A new study reminds us that physical and emotional pain are not far apart.
Hubble has been operational for nearly 30 years, and still produces the most spectacular images of all. Here are this year’s best. Hubble, astronomy’s revolutionary observatory, narrowly survived last year’s gyroscope […]
Warspeak has relentlessly crept into most aspects of American life and public discourse.
Notre Dame was almost torched in 1871, when Communards set Paris' major buildings ablaze.
As Game of Thrones ends, a revealing resolution to its perplexing geography.
Most people don't just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.
Creativity can bring about unchecked harm, but it's up to us how we wield it.
This means the disease may be curable and a vaccine possible.
She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican's approval.
The natural world evolved many pop culture frights long before storytellers used them to terrify us.
Feeling the urge to scare yourself this Halloween? Here are seven important horror films you have to see.
The Justice Department has long held the view that a sitting president cannot be indicted. However there is a fail-safe mechanism in the law reserved for special circumstances.
An online conspiracy theory about President Donald Trump is now affecting people and politics in real life.
Three years after the Charleston massacre, the 'Lost Cause' is still honoured throughout the South – and beyond
Secular Web compiles a number of publications in atheism, nontheism, and science over the last few centuries.
We need a public mature enough to recognize that policy decisions and actions are more relevant to leadership than professed beliefs.
Although we’ve had compelling evidence of this for decades, the pathogen hypothesis is finally being taken seriously.
DST has implications on our history, our health, and even our chances of being the victim of a crime.
Amnesty International and The Economist are very different organisations, but they have reached similar conclusions on policies regarding sex markets. Last August, the International Council of Amnesty International decided to […]
Emotions are the language of the unconscious, and in day-to-day life, they prevent us from sinking beneath an overwhelming flood of information.
The one thing both extremes of Left and Right agree on.
Death, politics and war - but also Dirty Grandpas, supermoons and all-day breakfasts