One reason why the steel magnate spent so much of his fortune building libraries across the nation and abroad is that he…
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On World Mental Health Day, a philosopher explains how to learn from the stoicism of Roman philosophers.
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Think you've had the sex talk so now you're done? Think again.
While advocates of gun control may feel powerless in the wake of mass shootings like the one in Las Vegas, the history of…
Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics for his groundbreaking work incorporating how humans actually behave…
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has proposed to reward coal plants for stockpiling fuel onsite – allegedly making the power…
Evidence doesn't support the Trump administration's claims that Chad failed to share information or that its citizens…
Anti-immigrant policies ignore that American ideals like liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness can be traced back…
On Indigenous Peoples' Day, a Native American scholar explains why water means more than just sustenance for life and…
A few of the ways violence may create even more violence.
After learning of Ishiguro's Nobel win, a literature professor recalls her 2006 interview with the writer in a London…
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American…
A scholar analyzes the history of the Nobel Peace Prize to ask: What difference has it made?
New research shows that noise pollution in US cities is concentrated in poor and minority communities. Beyond regulating…
Combining machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles could revolutionize how people with disabilities…
As with our politics today, geography and race matter in the US criminal justice system. Should they?
The military can make a big difference right away but humanitarian deployments should generally be rare and brief.