The Present

Specialization in education is just one way of optimizing the system for the future.

Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.

In 2018, The New York Times published a comprehensive expose on the burgeoning crypto movement that detailed the luxurious lives of the newly crypto rich. The article, aptly titled, “Everyone […]

Critics complain that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs focuses too much on the West. Yet other cultures often have similar ideas about personal development.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation — we all know this. Well, except robots.

Virtual borders have also been subtly dividing the world

How much are free online goods worth to people, anyway? Researcher attempt to find an answer.

A scientist in Sweden makes a controversial presentation at a future of food conference.

What can a learning space achieve when it’s optimized for both student and parent expression?

Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more “real,” according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.

Could this be a new trend in the social media landscape?

The study is among the first to explore the relationship between emotional abilities, political ideologies, and prejudice.

Frank W. Abagnale says scammers don’t discriminate — here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

If you’re a great engineer, you can get ahead in Silicon Valley — to a certain extent.

Americans’ inability to agree on what is true and what is false is a problem for democracy.

What does fame have to do with merit, anyway?

But some say the settlement is a slap on the wrist.

Fashion Week, 2050

Can treating addiction as a disease work better than treating it as a vice?

If teachers weren’t taught to fear failure, could they see greater success in the mission of education?

These books will help you ideate more creatively.

We often discuss what the minimum wage does to the economy, but rarely do we discuss what it does to people.

Do you know the implicit biases you have? Here are some ways to find them out.

The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.

Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.

Left-leaning groups don’t seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.

An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.

The water tower-shaped craft is an early prototype of Starship, which SpaceX hopes will someday send humans to Mars.

The FAA is not amused by flame-throwing drones.

In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.