The Present

The surprising results come from a new GLAAD survey.

Big data is here to save your dinner.

Country music deserves better cultural ambassadors.

Facebook was careful to say that Libra is not maintained internally and is instead serviced by a non-profit collective of companies.

The Flynn effect shows people have gotten smarter, but some research claims those IQ gains are regressing. Can both be right?

New research suggests that a healthy supply of locally-sourced beer helped maintain the unity of the widespread Wari civilization for about 500 years.

Former president of the ACLU Nadine Strossen discusses whether our society should always defend free speech rights, even for groups who would oppose such rights.

How do you do justice to the truth in a headline-driven world?

Beyond Beef sizzles and marbleizes just like real beef, Beyond Meat says.

A new study shows that most people have advice for their younger self that tends towards a few important areas.

The pizza giant Domino’s partners with a Silicon Valley startup to start delivering pizza by robots.

The war machine needs fuel, perhaps so much as to make protecting oil redundant.

An elegant, 400-year-old means of navigating the stars takes flight.

Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius. While we’re all aware of his outstanding contributions to science, much of his brilliance is incomprehensible to us because it pertains to such an […]

The tactics that work now won’t work for long.

By working together, and learning from one another, we can build better systems.

Here’s why generalists triumph over specialists in the new era of innovation.

A new paper suggests gun licensing laws could be curbing violence in two main ways.

The Tesla Motors CEO has plans for a James Bond-like car that drives on and under water.

We may not learn and grow beyond the #MeToo era if we keep thinking in black and white, says comedian Pete Holmes.

The iconic 20th-century artist might not sound how you’d expect.

The Ghazipur dump keeps growing and growing every year, catching fire and leaching toxins into the ground. What can be done about it?

Among women, bisexuality is statistically on the rise.

Bernie speaks again about what democratic socialism means, and raises a debate about what freedom is.

Jonathan Rauch explains why the internet is so hostile to the truth, and what we can do to change that.

The report comes amid calls for antitrust investigations into big tech.

How does the largest welfare program imaginable have libertarian supporters?

The lack of it can also be a problem.

Surrounding counties boast even higher increases.

Who would prefer a 30-hour work week? A lot of people, it turns out.