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The rise, future and legacy of Bezos and Amazon

What accounts for the extraordinary rise of Amazon, and what does that rise tell us about ourselves?

Child in the shade outside

Families leaving traditional education have lessons for those left behind

A shake-up in education pushes us into the future of learning.

Pittsburgh skyline at night

Why we can’t quit cities

A historian’s ode to the resilient city, warts and all.

Woman in a gym on an exercise machine

What’s the point of exercise?

The science behind why you’re sweating away on a stationary bike.

NY Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The complicated history and identity of Latinos in the United States

“Latino” describes nearly a fifth of the US population — and yet, the term only caught on in the 1980s.

Wrecking ball smashing through glass window

People overlook power of subtraction, says engineer

We systematically add, even when subtraction is the real answer to our problems.

The value of paper money

How money became 'the most powerful metaphor' in the world

Faith is all that separates cash from printer paper

Teenager logs into social media app on phone

Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian

Adolescent transgressions once confined to yearbooks are becoming immortal.

Vote sign in a window with masked man looking at it in reflection

US could stand to dial down democracy, says economist

When it comes to democracy, less may be more.

Pointing at brain scans

Nature vs nurture debate is 'totally dead in science,' says neuroscientist

Unlike smartphones, our mental hardware is tremendously changeable. Here’s how our remarkably nimble brains rewire themselves.

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