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It’s not some crazy troll on Reddit who said covering 2 million square miles with reflective paint could stop the Earth’s warming. It’s The New York Times.
Given how many kids struggle with reading proficiency, it’s stunning that the ‘whole language’ approach is still used in so many elementary schools
The development of two medications that induce the brain to reduce the sensation of hunger is going to change the world
If punting is as statistically daft as the one-out sacrifice bunt or taking a contested 20-footer with 18 seconds left on the shot clock, don’t do it.
Unless EVs plunge in cost — a past prediction that’s never panned out — many Californinans will use their durable fossil-fuel cars as long as possible
GOP’s unifying mantra: “Modern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn’t know because they might reflect badly on Democrats”
The task-completing, progress-rewarding nature of gaming is straight out of the Protestant Ethic. The result: worker bees who are cogs in capitalism.
Are interesting, even Earth-shaking stories ignored because of the “yuck” factor or because they seem too far out? Here are three possible examples.
The confident assumptions from the past 20 years that China would inevitably eclipse the U.S. as the world’s dominant power no longer hold up.
You may have never heard of the JournoList scandal involving the 2008 presidential campaign. But it inspires cynicism about media motives.
The New York Times finally reporting that Hunter Biden is sleazy shows how many people in and out of the media peddle claims they know to be untrue
The theory of mutual assured destruction has helped keep nuclear peace. The theory of mutual assured disruption may prevent massive cyberattacks.
The circumstances are much different than in 1962 and 1973, the last two times Washington and Moscow came near the brink of nuclear war
Depopulation is underway or on the way in much of the world. Polls show it’s likely that the climate emergency will strengthen this trend.
