Ultimately, to sign these petitions is to endorse and add credibility to fanciful notions of “direct democracy.” ...

Contrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Calum Lister Matheson, University of Pittsburgh Online influencers with millions of followers have ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Experts were sure that the 20th century would make us stupid. Never before had culture and technology reshaped daily ...

Acelino Freitas has issued a new statement following his controversial fight with Wanderlei Silva. The former two-time boxing world champion fought Wanderlei Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday ...

Ever had a song you couldn’t get out of your head? That happened to me the other day. Pink Pony Club. It’s everywhere right now; I can’t escape it. And even though I really don’t like that song, it’s ...

Here are some of the activist’s stances on climate change, immigration, gun control and other issues. By Ashley Ahn and Maxine Joselow As one of the most influential right-wing activists in the United ...

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The burnt toast theory is a metaphor for life that helps people interpret minor inconveniences as having positive ripple effects or a “silver lining.” It’s related to the butterfly effect. While not a ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended medical research and public health in the U.S. in many ways. One of the ideas that could be influencing his overhaul of federal health agencies dates ...