Trump's tussle with the bureaucratic state. By Michael J. Glennon.

Environmentalists are ignoring the elephant in the room … the world’s largest polluter.

A new study suggests that people who speak two languages fluently think about time differently depending on the language context in which they are estimating the duration of events.

Why go somewhere over the rainbow when you can just hang out inside of it? Kampung Pelangi, a small village in Indonesia, has transformed itself into a stunning display of bright colours and whimsical designs, a huge departure from its former state of squalor.

A bird-loving scientist calls for an end to outdoor cats

A chat with Paul Hawken about his ambitious new effort to “map, measure, and model” global warming solutions. By David Roberts.

Donald Trump rules over Washington as if he were a king and the White House his court. His displays of dominance, his need to be the centre of attention and his impetuousness have a whiff of Henry VIII about them. Fortified by his belief that his extraordinary route to power is proof of the collective mediocrity of Congress, the bureaucracy and the media, he attacks any person and any idea standing in his way.

If you’re unconcerned by the termination of FBI Director James Comey, the views of Ben Wittes, who typically thinks civil libertarians are being alarmist, might change your mind. By Conor Friedersdorf.

The political left might consider itself more open-minded than the right. But research shows that liberals are just as prejudiced against conservatives as conservatives are against liberals. By Matthew Hutson.

Trying to boost your own ego is largely pointless. Here's what works better.

Life expectancy is rising overall in the United States, but in some areas, death rates are going conspicuously in the other direction. These geographical disparities are widening, according to a report published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Life expectancy is greatest in the high country of central Colorado, but in many pockets of the United States, life expectancy is more than 20 years lower, according to the report from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

“Stand next to the gate agent, even if they ask you to sit down,” she writes. “Be polite but firm. … Ultimately, they just want you to go away and not be their problem anymore.”

"We don’t get to keep him. We don’t get to keep the first black president. We don’t get to let that be ours; we have to reject it, in the same way we’d have to reject the first female president had Hillary won…" By Caitlin Johnstone.

One dot equals $100M of exports

Strength training is the key to flexibility, mobility, improved performance and lower injury risk. And it doesn't have to take hours at the gym to see results. It’ll take only nine minutes of exertion to complete a full-body strength-building workout. By Dr. Jordan Metzl, Karen Barrow.

This is a symptom of a disease that runs bone-deep. By Shane Ryan.

Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing.

Sometimes statistics and probability can produce unexpected or counter-intuitive results. If we're hoping to use numbers to make good decisions, we should be wary of the traps.

If you've ever wondered why Linux still struggles with market share, the community's answer to a newbie question could shed some light.

In Poland’s Krzywy Las, or Crooked Forest, the pine trees look like potbellied stick figures.

Congress has moved to dismantle some Obama-era rules that would have protected the online privacy of everyday Americans. This sucks. The deregulation means it will be easier for huge telecom companies to track and sell their customers’ browsing history. This sucks! But not all is lost.

Mice had more stamina, hair and improved organ function with the drug.

A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and Bill Keller at The New York Times building on Manhattan. Keller was the long time editor in chief of the newspaper and Sulzberger its proprietor. We met at what must have been the 50th floor of the company headquarters, on 8th Avenue. I write company headquarters, instead of newspaper, because this part of the building was accessible only through a separate elevator-system and was strictly off-limits for the regular New York Times reporters.

Weird as it might sound, there are competitive rememberers out there who can memorize a deck of cards in seconds or dozens of words in minutes. So, naturally, someone decided to study them. It turns out that practicing their techniques doesn't just improve your memory — it can also change how your brain works.

Survey of more than 3,500 people finds that reading books – markedly more than periodicals – appears to deliver a noticeable ‘survival advantage’

Get the steps you need to take to make an open product for less than the sales tax on an equivalent commercial proprietary product.

When Paola Anderson and Sarah Godfrey's dog Momo was at death's door, they gave him a pill. Just look at him now.

There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future of democracy.

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes