63 Years Ago This Week, Félicette Became the First Cat in Space

Somewhere in the 1980s, education became “learning,” and reading became a skill for completing tasks. We're living with the consequence

Justice Department Will Investigate Conditions at D.C. Jail After Years of Reports of Filth and Neglect

This lizard’s ‘great escape’ was frozen in amber for 99 million years

3 Reasons to Cancel This Year's 3.6 Percent Social Security Boost

The Modernist Case for Originalism

Matt Gaetz Lawsuit Shows How Twisted the Term 'Sex Trafficking' Has Become

Britain Wants To Punish Microsoft for Being Too Successful

Archaeologists spar over age of key South American dig site

Perceptions

How Hunger Can Trigger Alcohol Cravings

Celebrating 20 Years of The Marginalian and the Search for Meaning: Free Livestream This Friday

Nineteen Truths and One Beguiling Lie about Life from 20 Years of The Marginalian

Journal of Free Speech Law: "How Matal v. Tam Became a First Amendment Case: The Record and the Reality" by Simon Tam

ISS Astronaut Spots Moon-like Mountains From Space

If you lock the doors of a department store for 100 years, when you open them up again, it will be a museum

Will you be wearing an exoskeleton in ten years? The tech that could change how we move

Years before Darwin, an evolutionary treatise rattled Tennyson’s faith, but didn't break it. "Science was still a delight and a visionary promise”

MIT remembers Thomas Rose, a brilliant researcher and generous colleague

A Stunning Nebula Image Predicts How Our Sun Will Die

First Case of Teeth Growing Out of an Eye Socket