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ISIS, Hurricane Katrina, Fukushima—for each of these disastrous developments, there was someone with a bunch of data that no one would listen to.
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Amazon’s blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods will lead to big changes in how we shop.
Everything is cheap and nobody has jobs. Welcome to the future. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas fills us in on how we got here.
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What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says “free trade”.
The best career advice that you are not getting? Financial feminist and Wall Street powerhouse Sallie Krawcheck delivers.
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Mathematicians are working to combat partisan gerrymandering.
Giant fans start capturing CO2 from the air as the world’s first commercial carbon capture plant goes live.
We tell Google things we wouldn’t tell our loved ones, or even our own doctors.
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Elon Musk and many top CEOs condemned President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Can democracy remain vibrant if the public, and especially children, don’t have the tools to distinguish sense from nonsense?
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A recent study shows that migrant workers in the U.K. are three times less likely to be absent from work than their native counterparts.
A new study suggests that sensitivity to the emotion of disgust affects one’s attitudes on immigration.
Should companies provide a ‘Made In an American Prison’ label if the product is made in an American jail?
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The finance sector often lives up to its bad reputation, but here’s how a 2000-year-old piece of wisdom can help rehabilitate the way people and corporations think about money.
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As the Internet takes over from broadcast television, we find ourselves in a new psychological ecosystem—and people’s ability or failure to adapt explains the last two years of American politics.
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Clashes between “antifa” on the far left and the alt-right have intensified.
A new study questions why some people support “free speech”.
Everyone loves Europa, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. Why? It’s a strong bet for finding life in our solar system, and it’s even more amazing because it breaks all the rules.
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A study finds an increasing number of Americans live with serious mental issues and their access to healthcare is getting worse.
A company plans to transform the world’s most arid region by bringing icebergs from Antarctica.
What information can we trust? Truth isn’t black and white, so here are three requirements every fact should meet.
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Humans worship at the altar of excellence, but is our complete obsession with this “quality controlled” mode of intellect holding us back?
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There’s a hidden hypocrisy within bathroom laws based on biological sex.
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A study suggests people act aggressively on their prejudices when they have plausible deniability.
Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, literally stared from the bottom. Here’s how she built a billion-dollar empire without a single business class.
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Scientists find a surprising way to biodegrade plastic at an impressively fast rate.
A Silicon Valley investor is spending millions on a publicity campaign aimed specifically at Elon Musk.
Users don’t need better media literacy to beat fake news. We need social media to be frank about its commercial interests.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson releases an emotional video on the state of science in America.
If you want to know the state of equality in the US, statistics are a good place to start.
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