Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini is best known for his first novel, The Kite Runner. At left, he’s pointing out that the region of the world from which he hails has had a longstanding opposition to educating women, and has paid a terrible …
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At left are the words of the late British-American physicist Freeman Dyson, reminding us that science is always evolving in the direction of a better understanding of the universe around us. The fact that we now have better vaccines against …
Trump’s approval rating is 42.5%, meaning that almost half of America’s parents are likely to put across a favorable image of the former president to their children in a homeschool setting. Now, consider the other option: your kid is in …
I’m occasionally asked if one can understand physics without math. If this is taken to mean understanding physics entirely without math, the answer is No. That said, first year algebra will get you through a base-level comprehension of mechanics and …
This is from early sci-fi author H. G. Wells, written just over a century ago. If it was true then, we can only imagine its value today, a time in which conspiracy theories abound, and tens of millions of American …
What physicist Brian Greene says here is true. I would be shocked if more than 10% of high school seniors in this country could name a single living scientist.
As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson puts it, photos like the one here are evidence that we live in a country with a) free speech and b) failed education. Here, you’re free to believe in things like the flat Earth, chemtrails, …
If you’re going to be a part of the cult that is far-right-wing U.S. politics, you need to buy into at least some part (preferably all) of the story surrounding this country’s “corrupt” reaction to COVID-19. This includes: Our government …
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According to the Wall Street Journal, after two years of fierce lobbying against the SEC, the regulator has approved a rule that forces listed companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions, and reveal the risks their operations face from climate …
There was a time in the recent past at which what Bertrand Russell predicted made perfect sense, and was, it seemed, in the process of coming to fruition. At this point, however, it appears that humankind has hit a hard …
