Your Steak Isn't Killing the Planet

Africa Isn’t the World’s “Climate Solution”

Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson on How Your Data Will Be Used Against You

Marcus Aurelius on the Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: The Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength

Who’s Whispering in Your Chatbot’s Ear?

The Science Is in: No One Likes Your Cockapoo

Government Shutdowns Won't Stop Airport Security If Airport Security Isn't Run by the Government

Recent Shootings Are a Wake-Up Call To Take Responsibility for Your Own Defense

How to Bear Your Loneliness

Why Haven’t We Heard from Extraterrestrials Yet?

Nuclear Power Regulators Scrap Rule Saying New Reactors Must Withstand 9/11-Style Plane Crashes

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Claiming Bad Bunny Isn't Successful Is as Foolish As Claiming He Isn't American

Blame Your Parents for Your Extreme Aversion to Snakes

Your Boss Could Monitor Your Heart Rate With Spy Tech

The Federal Government Was Told To Make a List of Everything It Funds. 15 Years Later, There Still Isn't One.

Despite science's efforts, consciousness isn't quantifiable. The hard problem remains stubbornly hard, but reading poetry may help

Spaceflight literally moves your brain

In 2013 Mary Gaitskill told students to “Go home and look between your legs and tell me if that is a social construct.” All hell broke loose

Defendant's Giving E-Mail Address as Prosecutor's Name + "suxcox696969@gmail.com" Isn't Contempt of Court

James Baldwin on How to Live Through Your Darkest Hour and Life as a Moral Obligation to the Universe

This glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 years