Women Drive Relationships… Apparently.

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HeatherN takes issue with an article from the BBC that claims pair-bonding is more important to women than to men.

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner planning 36km record bid

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Austrian adventurer is making the final preparations to jump from the very edge of space

Arm Candy in Principle

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Legality is the only difference between sugar daddy parties and prostitution, Thomas Creedy writes.

Pop Culture Is Killing Us

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Tom Matlack regrets the influence of America’s pernicious popular culture.

‘The Breadwinner’ on the BBC

Aaron Gouveia appeared on the BBC World Service’s Newshour today to discuss ‘The Breadwinner’.

‘The Breadwinner’ on the BBC

Aaron Gouveia

Aaron Gouveia appeared on the BBC World Service’s Newshour today to discuss ‘The Breadwinner’.

A 6-Year-Old Guru Who Loves TV

ColeYogi

“Meditating gives me energy,” he told me with the seriousness that only a 6-year-old can muster.

The 10 at 10

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Snow storms, ketchup crimes, and everything you ever wanted to know about reality: Here’s your February 1 roundup.

10 at 10: Dec. 13

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Christmas carols for atheists, ant social security, and move over, Movember, it’s Decembrow.

200 Years of World Health and Wealth in Four Minutes

Hans Rosling

It’s amazing how simply data can be represented, but even more amazing how far the world has advanced over the past 200 years. Rosling gives us cause for hope—in more ways than one.

An Important Island You Should Really Know About

If you’ve always wanted to live on another planet, there is still hope—for your great, great grandchildren. According to a BBC report, Ascension Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, might hold the key to colonizing the red planet. The information has been around for a while—it just took us more than 150 years [...]