Politics & Current Affairs

Known as Cunningham’s Law, it is the assertion that “the best way to get a right answer on the internet is to post a wrong answer.” It turns out our impulse to correct a wrong online may outweigh our desire to merely give answers. 

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Physicist Lawrence Krauss on why neutrinos are his favorite particles, light as the protagonist of modern physics, and more. 

A case in which a judge used an undisclosed software algorithm to determine a defendant’s sentence has caught the interest of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Do border walls keep countries safer, or merely project the illusion of safety?  

“Atheist churches” are popping up across the US and Europe. Is it just a trend?   

‘Trump supporter’ is not a synonym for moron. Philosophy professor Daniel Bonevac is a reminder that understanding your opposites, not dismissing them, is the way forward.

Former President Obama returned to public life today, indicating some topics he’ll focus on during his post-presidency.

It was the first time the bomb was deployed in battle, which has the dubious distinction of being the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the American military arsenal.  

It is a sad reality that in one of the richest nations in the world 60 million people struggle to put healthy food on the table.  

How are we preparing for the massive disruption that AI and automation will have on the workplace? We’re not. Despite a PwC report stating that 38% of American jobs may be automated in the near future, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin  states that losing jobs through AI is “not even on our radar screen.”

Men have become much more aggressive with women in their negotiation style since Donald Trump became president, according to a new Game Theory based economics study. More aggressive tactics by men are leading to reduced mutual benefits and a destruction of value in negotiations.

Researchers used a technique from biology to illustrate how Pacific Asian cultures developed.   

Ritualized killings once took place in many societies and in most regions around the globe.   

A series of spelling errors has educated Trump opponents laughing.

In a time when many agencies and researchers are threatened, let’s remember how the scientific method originated. 

How an ancient text, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, may be influencing the actions of powerful Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Creative Time Artistic Director Nato Thompson on culture as the inescapable weapon. 

President Trump disagrees with scientific consensus on a number of issues, and currently there are no scientists in the Senate. But geneticist Dr. Michael Eisen plans to change that in 2018.

According to Tali Sharot, our innate optimism bias is necessary, but needs to be taken in doses. 

Bill Gates may be the world’s first trillionaire in 25 years. That’s according to a projection by Oxfam, using an 11% rate of return that has been typical in recent years for the world’s wealthiest individuals. 

Over the course of his presidency, Barack Obama issued a total of 276 executive orders. So, what exactly does that mean?

UNESCO recognized the Manden Charter in 2009.   

One-fifth to one-sixth of British Victorian fortunes were derived from slavery, historians say.   

H.R. 1150 expressly protects non-theists from religious persecution around the world. 

It’s time we acknowledge that the 8-hour day isn’t going to work anymore. We need to stop talking about creating more jobs and start talking about shortening the work week.

Journalist Eric Schlosser reports that the president isn’t actually the only American who can launch a nuclear attack all by himself or with one other person.

As people reject the status quo around the world, what might the left try to replace it with? One American philosopher makes an argument for a progressive vision.

The just-passed federal Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act makes it illegal for ticket scalpers to acquire tickets using software bots.

Above all, we should proceed with the assumption that there is no such thing as an unbiased information source, period.

In its latest efforts to keep improving its curriculum and make its pupils more equipped to succeed in the modern world, Finland has rethought the concept of a subject for its basic schools (students aged 7 to 16).