As we shape our future we should ask: Which interpretations of classic sci-fi fables hold sway with today’s powerful tech leaders?
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An extraordinary haberdasher obsessed with buttons, lace collars, and death pioneered modern statistical analysis during the Age of Reason.
The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
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Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” remain controversial to this day.
“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.
For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
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From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
While other factors exist, sexual prowess appears to have helped determine the role of Protoceratops frills.
Searching for happiness in the midst of personal or societal crises are nothing new.
Scans show similar activity to what occurs when you think about yourself.
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For the Iroquois, it was a type of military training and a way to honor the gods.
The unfamiliar landscape of America’s medical past is marked by bizarre incidents, forgotten breakthroughs and selfless sacrifice.
Only 3% of physics graduates and 2% of astronomy graduates are Black. That’s got to change. In the late 1990s, about 5% of the approximately 4000 bachelor’s degrees in physics per […]
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
FDA guidelines say men can’t donate blood if they’ve had sex with another man in the past 12 months.
If virtue is insufficient temptation, then the internet makes sure we are never lacking.
The same 32 symbols show up in prehistoric European cave art.
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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We’re putting the “care” back into “healthcare.”
