AI helped create films like “Jurassic Park” and “A.I.”, so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn’t worry about losing their jobs.
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Identity politics has become a highly contentious element within modern political discourse. Those who support this approach believe it bolsters the presence and power of those who would otherwise be […]
Participants were also more likely to see God as old than young, and male rather than female.
A study finds a link between intolerant attitudes among some Americans and support for anti-democratic measures and army rule.
The Achilles heel of AI is an inability to discriminate between sources of knowledge that are trustworthy and those that are deceitful and manipulative.
Timothy J. Burger has penned a fascinating article for Politico highlighting several gay men who worked in George W. Bush’s administration, most of them in the closet the entire time. The piece provides a glimpse into their lives and their allegiance to a president they couldn’t help but support.
Enjoy the inauguration of Barack Obama, Democrats: it may be the last opportunity to cheer a president from your party for quite a while.
As Obama and Romney attack each other for waging “class warfare,” a new study from the Public Religion Research Institute shows how little anyone really knows about the largest block […]
Do stubborn people actually win? Maybe the reason they take such an aggressive approach every time is that it works, says Steven Pinker.
Most of us are more worried this week about digging our cars out of drifts in snowmaggedon’s wake than we are about mitigating summer heat, but the National Center for […]
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.
The true story of the shot that “reverberated through England” when science collided head-on with religion.
How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.
A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.
Yes, “the laws of physics break down” at singularities. But something really weird must have happened for black holes to not possess them.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
When the great American tradition of the road trip meets the great Jewish tradition of the deli, we get the Great American Deli Schlep.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
To date, only one research vessel has ever encountered a milky sea.
Through self-tracking and self-experimentation, we can greatly improve our cognitive capacity.
Among history’s many thought leaders, Plato may sport the most impressive resume of the bunch. The Athenian philosopher founded the Academy. His Dialogues are required reading at every institution of […]
The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The Moon, in a […]
An elephant at the Bronx Zoo has become a cause célèbre for animal rights activists.
Is CRISPR the solution?
Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.