Current Events
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.
With economic turmoil looming, everyone wants a way to keep their funds safe. But is that really possible?
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don’t know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, “prebunking” can fight fake news.
Late-night shows, developed during the “golden age” of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia’s war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
Your very own “Conspiracy Detection Kit.”
Rushdie was heavily criticized by figures across the political spectrum for being offensive. People tried to “cancel” Rushdie long before that term was invented.
There is one House member for every 761,169 people, which isn’t exactly representative.
There’s enough evidence to conclude president Bukele had no idea what he was doing.
Satanic cultists don’t even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
If you believe that you’re perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
The world has improved in mind-blowing ways.
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
One of the winners. Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, is now the fifth person in history to win two Nobels.
This is a perversion of justice.
We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explained recently.
The “attention economy” corrupts science.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.