A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males. The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution BY RICHARD WRANGHAM PANTHEON When i was studying for my doctorate, in the…
At the entrance to the Visitors Centre of the European Parliament, there is a plaque with these words: “National sovereignty is the root cause of the most crying evils of our times….The only final remedy…
We all have a general idea of what people like Julius Caesar and George Washington looked like. The images of these historical figures and more have been immortalized with the help of paintings, portraits, and…
An 11-year-old Iranian high school student in the United Kingdom is making headlines for getting a remarkable result on her Mensa IQ test that even surpasses those of great thinkers such as Albert Einstein and…
A local firm here made good today on its vow to embed employees with microchips. Sporting “I Got Chipped” T-shirts, some 40 workers at Three Square Market, a firm that makes cafeteria kiosks aimed at…
The FBI has pegged “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists” as a burgeoning terrorist threat for the U.S., raising questions about the legal implications for websites where fringe groups sow those conspiracies. In an exclusive article for Yahoo…
In China, scoring citizens’ behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law. Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge…
Conspiracy theories involving the Clintons are circulating on social media. Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire accused of sex trafficking, was found dead in his New York jail cell Saturday morning in an apparent suicide. Details of his death…
Not drinking coffee? Maybe now’s the time to start. People have been drinking coffee since at least the 15th century, and it’s been a staple of the workplace for more than a century. But it’s only fairly…
The gorillas of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and their wardens have set the internet on fire this week with a series of unbelievable selfies. Gorillas break the internet with…