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  • silly walkSuccess

    The Dunning-Kruger effect is the idea that incompetent people are the last to realize it. Now we’re realizing that could be wrong.

    By Eric C. Gaze and The Conversation
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Inside the next $1.5 trillion farm bill that will shape how America eats with a former Agriculture official

    By Kathleen Merrigan and The Conversation
  • Senior woman with eyes closed meditating, sitting cross-legged on floor, control, breathing, zen, serene peopleMind

    Self-compassion is linked with greater motivation, less procrastination and better relationships. A psychologist explains how to develop it

    By Rachel Goldsmith Turow and The Conversation
  • Corporate image of hands typing on a laptop keyboard in an outdoor environment, perhaps a balcony, a garden or a rooftop terrace.Mind

    ‘Digital distress’ is fueling mental and physical exhaustion and disinterest in work—here’s how you can change it

    By Brittany Harker Martin and The Conversation
  • VaticanLifestyle

    Not only was the real-life pope’s exorcist a fan of the 1973 movie, it made his career possible, a historian reveals

    By Joseph P. Laycock and The Conversation
  • Marjorie Taylor Green, Tucker Carlson, Donald TrumpLeadership

    Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon’s firings were about corporate profits, not a victory for truth in journalism, media scholar says

    By Nolan Higdon and The Conversation
  • Peanut butterLifestyle

    A thermal scientist explains why TSA will confiscate your peanut butter before you get on an airplane—because it is a liquid

    By Ted Heindel and The Conversation
  • A chart of prices in the “Prom Index” compared to CPI.Finance

    An economist who’s been tracking ‘prom inflation’ since his daughter went 9 years ago is surprised by what he’s found

    By Jay L. Zagorsky and The Conversation
  • Greg BeckerFinance

    The economists who studied the tweets that predated the SVB bank run and implosion reveal how social media fuels financial panic

    By Tony Cookson, Christoph Schiller, and others
  • Jerry Springer ShowLifestyle

    Jerry Springer may not have been the first to use the [bleeping] bleep sound, but a media historian says he made it iconic

    By Matthew Jordan and The Conversation
  • Young woman doing grocery shopping in supermarket. Plastic bottle mockup for packaging design.Health

    Cancer-causing toxins are in shampoos, body lotions, and cleaning products. Here’s what experts want you to know

    By Robin Dodson, Ruthann Rudel, and others
  • Abstract image of a holographic human AI robot with flowing binary on dark blue background.Tech

    A Stanford professor who specializes in A.I. says it’s redefining ‘authenticity’ and it could be as revolutionary as the calculator

    By Victor R. Lee and The Conversation
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert HaysFinance

    What all the conflicting data says about a ‘soft landing’ for the economy—and what it doesn’t

    By Christopher Decker and The Conversation
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    3 economic historians explain how the SVB report and First Republic’s near collapse show that incentives, risk and greed are universal truths

    By Alexandra Digby, Dollie Davis, and others
  • Air JordanLifestyle

    The ‘Air’ movie never shows Michael Jordan’s face. It says a lot about America’s commodification of Black bodies.

    By A. Joseph Dial and The Conversation