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Newsletters
What the latest flurry of AI news has in common with the Great Tea Race
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 20, 2024
Why America should be celebrating entrepreneurs, not presidents
Commentary
Why America should be celebrating entrepreneurs, not presidents
By Jonathan Bean and Blaine McCormickFebruary 19, 2024
250 years after the Boston Tea Party, America still struggles to navigate its complex relationship with tax
Commentary
250 years after the Boston Tea Party, America still struggles to navigate its complex relationship with tax
By Scott McFarlaneDecember 15, 2023
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
Commentary
Research shows that grandparents are great personal finance teachers. Here’s what my poppa who became an accountant during the Great Depression tried to teach me about money
By Bob BrodyNovember 23, 2023
George Takei's "My Lost Freedom"
Success
George Takei is releasing ‘My Lost Freedom,’ a picture book about when the government sent his family to an internment camp
By The Associated PressOctober 4, 2023
Men thinking about Roman Empire
Commentary
Men can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire. It’s because of the masculinity polycrisis
By Mohamed El AassarSeptember 30, 2023
The psychology behind some men’s obsession with the Roman Empire, according to these brain experts
Life
The psychology behind some men’s obsession with the Roman Empire, according to these brain experts
By Alexa MikhailSeptember 23, 2023
Warehouse worker
Success
The idea of a meaningful job, or a ‘calling,’ was invented by Christian reformers 500 years ago, religion professor says
By Garrett Potts and The ConversationSeptember 12, 2023
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, speaks during a demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Tech
‘Sapiens’ author says AI is an alien threat that could wipe us out: ‘Instead of coming from outer space, it’s coming from California’
By Chloe TaylorSeptember 12, 2023
A new hotel model turns ghost towns from Provence to Colorado into luxe resorts
Magazine
A new hotel model turns ghost towns from Provence to Colorado into luxe resorts
By Adam EraceAugust 8, 2023
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Politics
The author of ‘Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect’ explains why American culture fixates more on him than the horror of Hiroshima
By Charles Thorpe and The ConversationAugust 1, 2023
Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer
Politics
How Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb secrets were really stolen by Soviet Russia, as revealed by a Harvard Kennedy School professor
By Calder Walton and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Benjamin Franklin launched America’s fight against counterfeit money with colored threads, watermarks and images of leaves, new study shows
Finance
Benjamin Franklin launched America’s fight against counterfeit money with colored threads, watermarks and images of leaves, new study shows
By David Hamilton and The Associated PressJuly 18, 2023
George W. Bush
Politics
Here’s a look at how American presidents have celebrated July 4th, including Zachary Taylor’s maybe fatal food poisoning
By Calvin Woodward and The Associated PressJuly 4, 2023
American flag
Politics
The history of Betsy Ross and the American flag: Legend outweighs fact as there’s just no trace of it before the Civil War
By Hillel Italie and The Associated PressJuly 4, 2023
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Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and waterplaceholder alt text
By Bilin LinOctober 26, 2026
Success
Mark Cuban says Gen Z should think more like Jeff Bezos and stop chasing the perfect job: ‘Just get a job’—even at McDonald’s or Dairy Queenplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeOctober 29, 2026
Cybersecurity
Anthropic spent $2.75 million guarding Dario Amodei last year—more than 4 times his salary, but a fraction of Mark Zuckerberg’s security billplaceholder alt text
By Bilin LinOctober 29, 2026
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