South Africa’s education system has no shortage of policy ambition. It has strategies, data systems, institutional mandates, ...

In today’s post-truth era, where “objective truth” has lost influence in the public sphere, it is becoming increasingly ...

My wife and I are in our mid-30s and own a house. Many of our peers have not been as fortunate as we are and are still saving ...

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Many people across the Carolinas worry about climate change but rarely talk about it — and relatively few believe it will personally affect them. That’s according to Yale University’s 2024 Climate ...

As AI becomes a daily work tool, the real risk may not be losing our intelligence—but losing confidence in our own thinking. New research suggests the difference comes down to how actively we engage ...

The hallucinogenic mushroom Psilocybe pelliculosa, which contains psilocybin shroom360 via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Mind-altering psychedelics continue to show promising research results ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain. By Andrew Jacobs As researchers have sought to demonstrate the ...

BlackRock CEO Larry released his annual letter Monday morning. The 17-page missive touched on nationalism, energy use, artificial intelligence, and inequality. According to Fink, inequality will get ...

Decision fatigue refers to a decline in the quality of decisions after making several consecutive choices with sustained demands on cognitive and self-regulatory processes that reduce the ability to ...

Research suggests music can have positive effects on mood, including reducing stress and anxiety, boosting motivation, and evoking feelings of pleasure. Listening to music can engage pleasure pathways ...