F-bombs away

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey drew attention and some heat when, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and ...
STATOpinion

Is ‘shared decision-making’ being hijacked by U.S. health officials to sow doubt about vaccines?

Experts worry that health officials' use of 'shared decision-making' in new vaccine guidance distorts the concept's meaning ...

In Defense of Using Karen as a Baby Name

TODAY.com set out to find the few, the sentimental, the brave parents who have bestowed the name Karen on their precious ...
Index on Censorship

How the far right has weaponised free speech

In the UK, the political right also claims regularly that free speech is under threat from an overbearing state, policing ...
NationOpinion

Workplace: The impossible standards women must meet just to be considered equal

In another stanza, a man "having lunch with the boss" is seen as discussing better career prospects. But a woman doing so ...
Smithsonian Magazine

‘Aha’ Moments Seem to Come Out of Nowhere. How Does the Brain Create These Sudden Bursts of Insight?

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

If You Were Inspired by the Northern Lights, You’re Not Alone

The astronomer Edmond Halley, the namesake for Halley’s comet, linked the northern lights to the Earth’s magnetic field, setting off research into the science behind them. He expected to die without ...