On July 27, a blood moon will glow an eerie red ahead of the longest lunar eclipse that Earth will experience in the 21st century.…
KRAFTWERK
There’s a handy way for “non-math people” to learn math
We are all math people. No, really. We just don’t all know it. There’s a false divide between artsy types and the mathematically inclined, and…
DIM WIT
Cynicism isn’t as smart as we think it is
In the fourth century BC, cynics wanted to live like dogs. The Cynics were Greek philosophers who rejected conventional ideas about money, power, and shelter.…
EVER-EVOLVING
How to come up with better ideas, according to scientists who developed a new theory of human evolution
A group of scientists have a new theory about how humanity came to be—and the story of how their theory came together is a lesson…
DO GOODER
It’s impossible to lead a totally ethical life—but it’s fun to try
You want to do the right thing. But in a world where it often seems impossible to eat, shop, drive, travel, or pretty much do…
RULES ABOUT RULES
Don’t panic over the conservative majority on the US Supreme Court
This is a delightfully boring true story. It’s a staid tale of law and order, judicial restraint, binding precedent, and stability. And if you’re among…
YOU'RE HIRED
Trump just made it easier for agency heads to pick judges who agree with his politics
US president Donald Trump is busy changing the way the government works. On July 10, the commander-in-chief issued an executive order that eliminates the testing…
IN GOD WE TRUST
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is religious—just like all the sitting justices
There are no atheists in foxholes—or on the US Supreme Court. Although separation of church and state is a critical principle in American law, the…
CHEERS
Trump is too deceitful to be trusted with a hotel liquor license, according to this complaint
You have be a person of “good character” to sell booze in Washington, DC—and Donald Trump’s not up to snuff, according to a group of…
CROWN JEWEL
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s pick for the US Supreme Court, tried to seem mild
US president Donald Trump had Americans on tenterhooks until 9pm on July 9, speculating about his pick for the US Supreme Court to replace recent…
REALITY TV
How Trump turned the US Supreme Court into prime time television
Donald Trump wants to make America great again—or at the very least, make it entertaining. The US president, who first entered American living rooms via…
DEAD OR ALIVE?
What is “originalism?” Why Trump wants an originalist on the Supreme Court
On Monday (July 9), US president Donald Trump will announce his pick to replace Anthony Kennedy on the nation’s highest court. The candidate for junior…
