Seeing the unseen in Ukraine
Unnoticed by the West, ceasefire talks continue, even as the Pentagon ships weapons to a corrupt Ukrainian regime
Why most of us lean right to kiss
The brain is juggling quite a few thoughts in the midst of a make out
Why New Year's Eve disappoints
Try lowering your expectations and things could go really well
Pence's Aspen neighbors protest
According to a local paper, Mike Pence's neighbors posted the sign at the end of his vacation home driveway
Stop excluding people with disabilities
You can be a great scientist without being able to carry a 50-pound backpack out of a cave
Berlin NYE party to have 'safe zone'
The designated safe zone will be staffed with psychologists.
A borderline intimate education
My professor said our close relationship wasn't "mentoring." So what were we doing?
The Evangelical political crisis
The Christian faith was the real loser in the Roy Moore campaign - it will need more than a makeover to survive
The amazing grace of Aretha Franklin
The queen of soul's top-selling album was an exhilarating departure from soul
Did Papadopoulos prompt Russia probe?
A new report in the New York Times claims Papadopoulos met with the Australian diplomat in London.
Did these bad times make great art?
It's early yet, but there are signs of whether or not lasting works of art will be produced in response to Trump
How the DEA helped 5 Mexicans disappear
The agency knew why the victims were kidnapped in 2010 by the Zetas drug cartel from a Holiday Inn in Mexico
The 5 best hip-hop albums of 2017
This year was crowded with brilliant releases, but these 5 stood out
Kansas man killed in 'swatting' hoax
The prank is reportedly popular in the gaming world
The 10 worst TV shows of 2017
In a year filled with way too much TV, here are 10 we wish we could unsee
6 conspiracies that made the White House
Donald Trump has embraced conspiracy theories to an extent that no other high-ranking public official ever has
Trump tweets ‘world is watching’ Iran
An Iranian government official condemned the remarks
Why 2017 was a Philip K. Dick dystopia
Dick was terrified by things like Photoshop that could obscure the barrier between truth and fiction
Why introverts can be leaders
Introverts — relatively passive, quiet and reserved — are more than capable of leading a group
Surviving a Year with Donald Trump
America has had its share of incompetents, but Trump's disregard of American ideals is like nothing else before him
Ties that bind
Our economic system, patriarchy, and violence against women are not separable phenomena
10 best dubious Trump theories of 2017
Is he the goofball accidental president or the guy who symbolizes America's rejection of Enlightenment values? Yes!
Your doctor can't help you shed pounds
There's little doctors can do for the nearly 40 percent of Americans that are obese