Practical philosopher Andrew Taggart talks about what is an excellent human life, what are the first steps to achieving it and what a society without work looks like.
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The American Museum of Natural History presents the new, more accurate T. rex.
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The National Institutes of Health recently began a $300-million study to examine the effects of screen time on developing brains.
A new study reveals that babies as young as one year old can think logically.
The ever-elusive “soft” skills tied to a high emotional intelligence (EQ) remain a key differentiator between wildly successful employees and ones who may struggle to effectively collaborate with their peers. […]
The Thucydides Trap leads us to believe a U.S.-China war is inevitable. But is a 2,400-year-old school of thought really what the U.S. should base its foreign policy on?
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Many of the world’s favorite records weren’t really recorded by the artist on the label.
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Jewish people living in nearly all European countries report that anti-Semitism has grown in recent years.
Elite organizations tend to get conspiracy theorists going.