The Present

The Canadian professor calls for personal responsibility over legislation.

The sea levels across New York are estimated to rise between 18 and 50 inches by 2100.

This is what the world will be like if we do not act on climate change.

Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.

Humans blame cats for killing birds, but our buildings are far worse.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wants to give every American $1,000 a month – but will that disincentivize work?

A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.

The two concepts might seem contradictory, but anarcho-capitalists exist.

It’s almost time to ‘spring forward.’

Globally 72 percent of scientific researchers are men. But there are some exceptions.

After docking at the International Space Station, the unmanned capsule executed a fiery and carefully choreographed return to Earth.

Human value is tied to the job market. Will automation be a full-on crisis?

Food deserts are a problem. One solution might already exist.

Most captive elephants are kept under immensely cruel conditions. In Myanmar, they’re treated differently.

It’s a “surprising trend,” said Google’s lead analyst for pay equity.

The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.

Healthy Housing Foundation has purchased four properties in Los Angeles, with more planned.

Disney, one of world’s largest entertainment companies, doubles down on its environmental plan.

The future of health care is high tech. That’s good news — mostly.

The controversial herbicide is everywhere, apparently.

As Facebook and YouTube move to moderate anti-vaccination content, Amazon has given no indication that it plans to do the same.

Inequality and racism are connected, but maybe not as much as you think.

Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.

It’s hard to see big changes coming, but if you know your own blindspots, you can do it.

Half of Americans do not trust the federal government or social media sites to protect their data.

Our culture has its own mistaken assumption: that the individual is an autonomous human intellect independent from the social environment.

Few realize that the US was once “ruled” by a beloved monarch from San Francisco.

Asia is experiencing a boom in terms of education and business.

What does your phone know about you?

The story of that one time a U.S. city was run by a Soviet, and what it was like to live in it.