Is death the end, or does something continue? What we actually know
Every culture has answered the question. Biology answers part of it, philosophy answers another part, and one very old set of texts answers it in a way most people have never actually read.
Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
Why Relationships Fail: It's Rarely the Reason You Think
The complaint that ends a relationship is almost never the reason it ended — here's how to find the one underneath it.
Why Inflation Happens — and Why Prices Almost Never Go Back Down
Inflation isn't one thing with one cause — here's the actual mechanism, why a slower rate doesn't mean cheaper prices, and why economists want some of it.
Why Christopher Nolan turned Circe into a vindictive witch
Some critics have bemoaned the flattening of a complex character. But Nolan’s film echoes a literary tradition of reimagining Circe as a survivor, a truth-teller and a figure of female empowerment.
Why are some animals considered ‘pests’? It comes down to culture and convenience
Calling an animal a ‘pest’ can sometimes cause more harm to people than the animal itself.
Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year
Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.
Whose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern Tanzania
Conservation has become a tool for “green grabbing”: The taking of community land in the name of environmental protection while opening space for tourism, hunting, and investment interests.
White House plan for a ‘golden age’ of science ignores the structures that made the US a scientific superpower
A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.
