Harvard Professor Steven Pinker on 7 trends that show world progress
This year, Harvard professor Steven Pinker topped Bill Gates's top book list with Enlightenment Now, a book that challenges people's questions about world progress. According to Pinker, the world is...
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The average American's annual food waste, water use, energy consumption,...
The United States comprises about 5% of the world's population.However, Americans consume an far more than that share of the world's food, water, and energy. They also generate a lot of emissions and...
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Here's how we ranked the economies of America's biggest cities
To look closer at the US economy as it varies by metro area, we looked at five measures of economic health.We used those measures to establish to ranking of the 40 biggest metro areas in the US.Cities...
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YouTube now has over 1.8 billion users every month, within spitting distance...
YouTube is now pulling in over 1.8 billion users every month — and that's just the people who are logged in.That makes YouTube Google's most popular service, with even more users than Gmail.YouTube's...
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State media in China boasted that their healthy life expectancy is now better...
China was celebrating this week after new figures put its "healthy life expectancy" ahead of the US.Chinese people can now expect 68.7 years of healthy life, compared to 68.5 for Americans.The US...
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Babies cry in the womb and 18 other surprising facts I learned when I became...
First came the awe and elation at my wife's pregnancy. We were finally starting a family!In the next moment, an "Oh s--t!"panic sunk in.To counter the fear of becoming new parents we both read. And...
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Here's how we ranked the economies of the US states and DC
In our ranking of the economies of the states and DC, we looked at six measures of economic health.Each measure was rescaled to allow us to compare them to one another. Technically, we calculated...
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Elon Musk says a new study about aliens gives humans even more reason to...
Elon Musk says we need to colonize space because we may be the only intelligent civilization.His comments were inspired by a draft study from Oxford University researchers that looks at the Drake...
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The 21 European countries where the average marriage age is the lowest
If you're in your 20s, you might start hearing the voice in the back of your head telling you to settle down. (That voice could also be your mother.)Apparently, people in the UK tie the knot at an...
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GOLDMAN SACHS: There's a fortune to be made analyzing sports stats
There's a fortune to be made crunching stats in a post-Moneyball world, and the potential for profit extends far beyond baseball, into everything from soccer to basketball.At the core of the story is...
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Here's how we ranked the best restaurants in America
We recently ranked the best restaurants in America. Here's how we came up with our list.The rankings were mostly determined by an analysis of noteworthy restaurant rankings and awards determined by...
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Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than many leading causes...
A gunman in Las Vegas killed dozens and injured hundreds at a country music festival on Sunday.Some 11,000 people in the US are killed in firearm assaults each year.Gun violence is a leading cause of...
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A terrorist attacked New York City's subway with a nail bomb — here's how the...
A man tried to set off a pipe bomb strapped to his torso on Monday in New York City's subway system.The bomb partially detonated, injuring the attacker and five others but killing no one.President...
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The most boring place to live in every state
If you like big cities with tons of food and culture to explore, there are plenty of cities in the US where you won't be at a loss for things to do. But if you like taking life at a slower pace, one of...
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How likely is gun violence to kill the average American? The odds may...
A 19-year-old gunman allegedly killed 17 people at a Florida high school on Wednesday.Nearly 13,000 people in the US were murdered with firearms in 2015.Gun violence is a leading cause of death in the...
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Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, and you should be furious
Daylight saving time, or DST, began in the US in 1918 as a way to conserve energy.However, many Americans believe the practice is not worth the hassle, and studies suggest it may cause more problems...
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Here's how we ranked the state economies
In our ranking of the economies of the states and DC, we looked at six measures of economic health.Each measure was rescaled to allow us to compare them to one another. Technically, we calculated...
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The odds that a gun will kill the average American may surprise you
About 2 million people in the US marched for stricter gun control on Saturday.The protests were part of a "March for Our Lives" event organized in the wake of the Florida high school shooting in...
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More than 14,000 hunks of dangerous space junk are hurtling around Earth —...
Tens of thousands of objects have rocketed into space since the start of the Space Race.Most objects are hunks of space junk moving at speeds of roughly 17,500 mph.The US government maintains an online...
View ArticleHarvard professor Steven Pinker on 7 trends that show world progress
This year, Harvard professor Steven Pinker topped Bill Gates' top book list with "Enlightenment Now," which challenges people's questions about world progress.According to Pinker, the world is actually...
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