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This is what happens when the fringe becomes mainstream.

Are we genetically inclined for superstition or just fearful of the truth?

The coronavirus pandemic has brought out the perception of selfishness among many.

Pew Research Center data shows that most people think diversity improves lives in their countries.

Comfort has won, and most formality is gone.

Can researchers use data science to accurately predict the future?

A new study finds surprising evidence of the self-domestication of urban foxes.

A massive Dating.com study reveals just how important politics are in the dating world right now.

State and local governments are hiring contact tracers to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

Researchers discover a massive ceremonial structure of the ancient Mayans using lasers.

Data from LinkedIn suggests soft skills will be the most in-demand as the economy begins to rebuild and 2020 grads look for work.

The inequalities impact everything from education to health.

We’d like to think that judging people’s worth based on the shape of their head is a practice that’s behind us.

A recent survey also found that political messaging from the pulpit increased the likelihood of believing presidents to be ordained by God.

The larger the stakes and scope, the less likely a conspiracy theory is to be true.

An information war is being waged.

Coronavirus has given us the opportunity to reframe and rethink society from its foundation.

There are ways to engage with someone with whom you don’t agree.

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods find a greater foothold in the market as demand for plant-based meats rises.

The lessons we’ve learned here on Earth will affect how we govern a new world.

On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.

A thorough understanding of anxious personality traits could lead to targeted therapies.

Many of the bathrooms uncovered at Pompeii and elsewhere were communal.

Over 800 prisoners in Texas relate their experiences.

The associations of civil society give us freedom to find systems that meet our needs.

More than 30 essays on the subject “Why I became a Nazi” written by German women in 1934 have been lying fallow in the archives.

Practicing Socratic ignorance, or avoiding certainty of our own knowledge, diminishes inequality and pushes us in our search for wisdom.

How will the current challenges to the global economy pressure it to change?

You can’t really have an opinion if you don’t know all sides of the argument.