Ray Dalio: Why I Hated School Education So Much
Dalio was born in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough.
When he was 8, the family moved from Jackson Heights to Manhasset in Nassau County, New York. He...
The Oscars shift from big screen to TV stream
Audience attention may have been pulled by ‘the slap that stopped Hollywood’, but it actually overshadowed a number of significant firsts at the 2022...
Can you really die instantly from a single bee sting, as in ‘Bridgerton’?
Fans of the fictional romance series “Bridgerton” were in for a tragedy at the beginning of Season 2. (Warning: This post contains spoilers.)
The Emmy-nominated...
1 in 5 older Americans experience food insufficiency, shows study
More than 20% of older adults in the United States will experience food insufficiency at some point in their 60s and 70s, according to...
How would a nuclear winter impact food production
The day after lead author Daniel Winstead approved the final proofs for a study to be published in Ambio, Russia put its nuclear forces...
Why Ukrainian neutrality may not be a pathway to peace
As peace talks between Russia and Ukraine unfold, one possibility is that Ukraine becomes a neutral state.
Negotiations have been taking place this week in...
Researchers pick up the 25 happiest city park systems in the US
Feeling unhappy?
Go find a city park—the bigger the better—and try taking a walk outdoors.
That’s the upshot of a major new study that measures the...
Wait — what if Will Smith was just being a man
A Harvard psychologist explains the biology behind Will Smith's behavior when he struck Chris Rock onstage at Sunday night's Oscars.
Following the “slap heard round...
Is the current standoff in Ukraine another ‘calm before the storm’ moment?
The Russian ground offensive in Ukraine is starting to show signs of slowing down, as President Vladimir Putin’s forces assume a more defensive posture...
With Russia invading Ukraine, what’s the threat of nuclear war right now
During an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Putin’s chief spokesperson refused to rule out the possibility that Russia would consider using nuclear weapons.
Is Putin...