A Critical Deficit
Flawed thinking can lead us into a lifetime of pointless arguments and bad decisions. Fixing the problem won't be easy — but we know...
Concrete Poetry: Thomas Edison and the Almost-Built World
By Anthony Acciavatti
Historians often speak of “contingency”, by which they mean something like “things could have been otherwise”. But is this even true? It can...
Is ChatGPT making us stupid?
Aaron French, Kennesaw State University
Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: Is Google Making Us...
Who was the first pirate?
Brandon Prins, University of Tennessee
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d...
Events on this day in History, July 15
Rory Cellan Photo
2006 - Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack...
Events on this day of history, July 16
1999 John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of...