Interracial romance and cringe TV
Regina King's "SNL" dating game, Chris Harrison's video & a Black Regency-era duke are pushing our racial reckoning
Why we love music from our youth
Do we think music from the past is better, or has it got something to do with the memories we have of that time?
How consciousness emerges from static
Consciousness may be an emergent property from a bunch of background chatter. The implications are huge
We tried snow ice cream — how was it?
Will you scoop up this sweet winter dessert trend before it melts away?
Pixar’s Platonist conception of the soul
Disney Pixar's film "Soul" harks back to some of the most influential ideas of western intellectual history
Conspiracy theories — unmasked!
Do we live in a golden age of wacko paranoia? No, says German scholar Michael Butter: It's always been with us
Dying on the waitlist
In Los Angeles County and around the country, doctors have had to decide who gets a lifesaving COVID-19 treatment
That problematic "Behind Her Eyes" twist
The novel on which it's based inspired the hashtag #wtfthatending? I'm left with the same question for new reasons
Brownies’ Book: A pioneering publication
At the turn of the 20th century, one editor implored his peers to "Let us make the world know that we are living"
DA issues key subpoena in Trump probe
It's the latest indication that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is looking closely at Trump's taxes
Big Pharma is broken
Though they were warned, pharmaceutical companies refused to invest in coronavirus research until it was too late
Trump's elaborate Diet Coke service
During his presidency, Trump was known to drink many Diet Cokes a day
We escaped the "Mussolini moment." Maybe
Trump's heinous regime was enabled by a large cast of villains. We have to recognize that all of us enabled them
Power outages across the Plains
The Plains states have a lot of wild weather. Why is this cold wave such a problem for utilities?
Rush Limbaugh’s legacy: Toxic patriotism
Rush Limbaugh might be dead, but his brand of toxic patriotism lives on
QAnon preps for March 4 Trump comeback
Trump’s D.C. hotel hopes to cash in on QAnon true believers who may descend on Washington for his big comeback
W.Va. voters blast Manchin on $15 wage
"When will you give us a living wage?" one activist demands of West Virginia's so-called Democrat
Cruz named to aviation subcommittee
On the day after Sen. Ted Cruz returned from Cancún, he was named top Republican on Senate aviation subcommittee
Manchin to vote against Biden pick
The West Virginia Democrat also previouslyly voted to confirm Jeff Sessions and Ric Grenell
Good grief, laugh tracks can be so wrong
A dive into how comedies are changing the way their characters deal with loss, and where the humor can be mined
Why we shouldn't reopen dining just yet
Experts say we could speed viruses’ spread by providing them with superspreading playgrounds
Deregulation doomed the Texas power grid
"There are things we could have done to prevent this," says former Democratic lieutenant governor. "But we didn't"
Meghan McCain addresses cruz's fallout
McCain briefly acknowledged senator Ted Cruz's mishap before quickly shifting her focus to Democrat scandals
Scientists can now enter your dreams
Researchers were able to communicate with people dreaming in certain circumstances and even ask them math questions