The Present

These books will help you ideate more creatively.

We often discuss what the minimum wage does to the economy, but rarely do we discuss what it does to people.

Do you know the implicit biases you have? Here are some ways to find them out.

The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.

Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.

Left-leaning groups don’t seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.

An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.

The water tower-shaped craft is an early prototype of Starship, which SpaceX hopes will someday send humans to Mars.

The FAA is not amused by flame-throwing drones.

In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.

Today, if a business wants to be successful, it should pay attention to employee fulfillment.

Ecosia says the funds generated from users’ searches help to plant one tree every second.

A new study challenges international life expectancies.

Humans hate to surrender, but this clearly makes good sense.

If we make the right choices, there’s hope for the future.

Without a country to belong to, many of these people lack some of the most fundamental rights.

America’s educational system has become frayed by lackluster civic engagement.

The blazes may be the first step in a hellish downward spiral.

An ecological silver bullet is missing the target altogether.

The world’s largest retailer has evolved “like a flea market,” according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.

The 2020 Democratic candidate’s plan to give Americans a universal basic income seems to include a special provision for truckers.

Fauna and flora refuse to go quietly into the Anthropocene.

Many believe that the internet has made it easier for us to participate in political activism. But is that really true?

The bid to buy Greenland is unlikely to become seriously considered.

Revolutionary space technology that’ll take us into the future.

The Lumina Foundation lays out steps for increasing access to quality post-secondary education credentials.

During World War II, the U.S. incarcerated over 100,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps throughout the West.

Zizek is on the left and dislikes political correctness. How does that work out?

Turning the office into a place of artistry.

In modern disinformation warfare, social media is the main battlefield.