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What Public School Students Are Allowed To Say on Social Media May Be About to Change

A Supreme Court decision may provide some clarity on the issue.

Audio Chatrooms Like Clubhouse Tap Into Age-Old Appeal of the Human Voice

The attention the app is getting is part of a wider reinvention and reinvigoration of...

Where Does Plastic Pollution Go When It Enters the Ocean?

Of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s...

Misinformation-Spewing Cable Companies Come Under Scrutiny

If its services help deliver misinformation to your home, what responsibility does Comcast have for...

Conspiracy Theories May Start to Take Hold at Age 14

Many adolescents have been home schooled and isolated from their peer groups for much of...

What Is Fascism?

Important to most fascists is the idea that the nation’s “patriots” have been let down,...

What Are the Origins of Lent?

The practice of fasting from food for spiritual reasons is found in the three largest...

Can the Laws of Physics Disprove God?

‘If there is a God who created the entire universe and ALL of its laws...

How Safe Is Your Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead and Other Heavy Metals

Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby foods at...

If Big Tech Has the Will, Here Are Ways Research Shows Self-Regulation Can Work

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work.

Cats Don’t Avoid Strangers Who Behave Badly Towards Their Owners, Unlike Dogs

Cat cognition research suggests cats do form emotional bonds with their humans.

Why Do Mass Shootings Spawn Conspiracy Theories?

While conspiracy theories are not limited to any topic, one type of event seems particularly...