Giving thanks, but to whom? Fewer Americans embrace organized religion
Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are not religiously affiliated. Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion.
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US museums hold the remains of thousands of Black people
Proposed legislation would identify and protect African American cemeteries. But it wouldn’t cover the remains of thousands of Black people in museum collections.
Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
Parenting strategies are shifting as neuroscience brings the developing brain into clearer focus
Old-school parenting strategies like ‘go to your room!’ can often amplify the very behavior that parents want to correct.
What does the spelling success of Indian American kids tell us?
This is the eighth year in a row that Indian-American kids have emerged as champions at the National Spelling Bee. What is the ‘secret’ to their success?
Giving is changing as philanthropy faces more scrutiny
The dean of the only school of philanthropy sees some good in the attention charity-related scandals are generating.
The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being open to new information and willing to change your mind
Intellectual humility includes owning your own biases and the possibility that you’re wrong about your beliefs or worldview. It means being open to changing your mind in response to new information.
From ‘Wild Horses’ to ‘Wild Things,’ a window into Maurice Sendak’s creative process
The book took eight years from conception to publication. In the earliest dummy, the monsters that millions have grown to love actually started out as horses.
Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how
Space tourism is in an exploration phase – the decisions companies make around how to conduct these experiences now will set the tone moving forward.
While the US government is investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, academic researchers studying them face stigma
Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think it’s an important line of research.
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