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A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.

Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.

Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.

A new study found similarities between the human brain and the cosmic network of galaxies.

Synchronous movement seems to help us form cohesive groups by shifting our thinking from "me" to "we."

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Recent American Presidents have all faced a crisis of legitimacy in a trend that threatens the health of our democracy.

The “pernicious and persistent” impact of long-outlawed policies like “redlining” blacks out of white neighborhoods continues to influence the ability of minority families to amass wealth, and requires a deeper look at how those longstanding problems might be addressed, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic said on Friday. Even as laws have moved forward to forbid …

David Graeber, who helped organize the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice, his agent said. He was 59. A professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, Graeber studied anarchism and anti-capitalist movements, and challenged the world to respond to the plight of Kurds in the Middle East. “David was a hugely …

When prices change, how that impacts people depends crucially on which prices increase and what goods and services people are consuming. Across the western world, price inflation–the rate at which prices increase–has been relatively slow for over a decade. Central bankers have consistently undershot their inflation targets despite their careful implentation of complex monetary policy.  …