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By Roxane Gay The world changes faster than we can fathom in ways that are complicated.  These bewildering changes often leave us raw. The cultural climate is shifting, particularly for…

By Chad Orzel Discover your inner scientist! Thinking like a scientist in solving your problems gives you the opportunity to approach the world in a fundamentally optimistic and enpowering way…

By Brian Clegg In the twenty-first century, being a pioneer may seem entirely alien. The closest we get to pioneering may be choosing different ingredients for dinner or watching that…

By Bill Nye There is no such thing as race. We are all the same race. We all come from a common ancestor. We are homo sapiens with different skin…

By Sam Harris Although we are only beginning to understand the human mind at the level of the brain, and we know nothing about how consciousness itself comes into being,…

by Diane Ofili ‘You’re pretty for a dark-skinned girl’. As the bastard child of racism, colorism [also known as ‘shadism’] is behind many social malignancies, from denied job opportunities to…

Don’t loiter. Don’t linger. Don’t greet. Just be Ginger. Let me give you the low down on how things are run in this town. Frank is harsh, Harry is balding,…