What is a trade war and how big is the US-China one?
US President Donald Trump’s tariff spree has sparked a trade war with China, setting the world’s two biggest economies on a treacherous course. Other trade […]
Scientists Are Mapping the Boundaries of What Is Knowable and Unknowable
Math and computer science researchers have long known that some questions are fundamentally unanswerable. Now physicists are exploring how physical systems put hard limits on […]
Opinion | Trump and Netanyahu Steer Toward an Ugly World, Together
Source: Opinion | Trump and Netanyahu Steer Toward an Ugly World, Together – The New York Times
Redeeming Jealousy | After Neoliberalism?
It strikes me as a great loss that students today do not share in the great sublimity of their own humanity. Source: Redeeming Jealousy | […]
What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will
Source: What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will | New Scientist
On the Opaque Origins and Tumultuous Ancient History of Homer’s Odyssey
In some ways, the Odyssey needs no introduction: it is everywhere around us. Over the nearly thirty centuries since Homer’s thrilling epic about the hero […]
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 735) – Messy Nessy Chic Source: 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 735)
Trump freezes Cornell, Northwestern funding: How colleges can leverage endowments
Rich universities can afford to push back against the administration. Here’s why they aren’t. Source: Trump freezes Cornell, Northwestern funding: How colleges can leverage endowments […]
Why you should think twice before using shorthand like ‘thx’ and ‘k’ in your texts
Abbreviations like ‘brb’ and ‘plz’ may seem benign. But new research shows they can make senders appear less sincere – and even undermine budding romances. […]
Raising a Ghost Town From the Dead
Two investors bought most of the buildings in downtown Brownsville, then let them fall into ruin. Now, the Rust Belt town’s residents are fighting to […]
Death Squared: No-One Got Out Alive in The Universe 25 Experiment, 1968-1972 – Flashbak
The Universe 25 experiment, carried out by American scientist John Calhoun between 1968 and 1972, produced an unexpected result. A once thriving community of 2,200 […]
International students worry Trump deportation plans violate First Amendment
Source: International students worry Trump deportation plans violate First Amendment – The Washington Post
The US’s 2,000-year-old mystery mounds
Constructed by a mysterious civilisation that left no written records, the massive site is now open to the public for the first time in more […]
