Regular mindfulness practice has been linked to many positive health benefits, including reduced stress and anxiety, better sleep and quicker healing after injury and illness.
AI Agents Arrived in 2025 – Here’s What Happened and the Challenges Ahead in 2026
AI agents moved from theory to infrastructure, reshaping how people interact with large language models, the systems that power chatbots like ChatGPT.
AI agents moved from theory to infrastructure, reshaping how people interact with large language models, the systems that power chatbots like ChatGPT.
Deepfakes Leveled up in 2025 – Here’s What’s Coming Next
For many everyday scenarios — especially low-resolution video calls and media shared on social media platforms — their realism is now high enough to reliably fool nonexpert viewers.
For many everyday scenarios — especially low-resolution video calls and media shared on social media platforms — their realism is now high enough to reliably fool nonexpert viewers.
Understanding Climate Change in America: Skepticism, Dogmatism and Personal Experience
It is no wonder that science moves so slowly, especially on really important topics such as climate change.
It is no wonder that science moves so slowly, especially on really important topics such as climate change.
Where the Wild Things Thrive: Finding and Protecting Nature’s Climate Change Safe Havens
The prairie-doglike Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) had been struggling there as the mountain meadows it relies on dry out in years with less snowmelt and more unpredictable weather.
The prairie-doglike Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) had been struggling there as the mountain meadows it relies on dry out in years with less snowmelt and more unpredictable weather.
Billionaires With $1 Salaries – And Other Legal Tax Dodges the Ultrawealthy Use to Keep Their Riches
Mark Zuckerberg was the lowest-paid employee at Meta in 2024, and he made US$1.
Mark Zuckerberg was the lowest-paid employee at Meta in 2024, and he made US$1.
Far-Right Extremists Have Been Organizing Online Since Before the Internet – And AI Is Their Next Frontier
Decades before artificial intelligence, Telegram and white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.
Decades before artificial intelligence, Telegram and white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.
People Are Getting Their News From AI – And It’s Altering Their Views
Large language models gradually influence the way people form opinions by generating the information that chatbots and virtual assistants present to people over time.
Large language models gradually influence the way people form opinions by generating the information that chatbots and virtual assistants present to people over time.
How C-Reactive Protein Outpaced ‘Bad’ Cholesterol as Leading Heart Disease Risk Marker
Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been partly assessed based on a patient’s cholesterol levels, which can be routinely measured via blood work at the doctor’s office.
Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been partly assessed based on a patient’s cholesterol levels, which can be routinely measured via blood work at the doctor’s office.
It’s More Than Ok for Kids to Be Bored − It’s Good for Them
There are various reasons they want to prevent their children from being bored.
There are various reasons they want to prevent their children from being bored.
A, B, C or D – Grades Might Not Say All That Much About What Students Are Actually Learning
Why are some scholars and educators reconsidering grading practices?
Why are some scholars and educators reconsidering grading practices?
Unpaid Caregiving Work Can Feel Small and Personal, but That Doesn’t Take Away Its Ethical Value
When the demands become too much to juggle, some people quit their jobs, cut back on their hours or turn down promotions in order to provide unpaid care.
When the demands become too much to juggle, some people quit their jobs, cut back on their hours or turn down promotions in order to provide unpaid care.
The #Iwasfifteen Hashtag and Ongoing Epstein Coverage Show How Traffickers Exploit the Vulnerabilities of Teens and Tweens
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in November 2025, the Justice Department must release its documents related to Epstein by Dec. 19, 2025.
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in November 2025, the Justice Department must release its documents related to Epstein by Dec. 19, 2025.
West Coast Levee Failures Show Growing Risks From America’s Aging Flood Defenses
Most of the time, levees don’t demand attention. They quietly do their job, year after year.
Most of the time, levees don’t demand attention. They quietly do their job, year after year.
6 Myths About Rural America: How Conventional Wisdom Gets It Wrong
Yet many people understand rural America through stereotypes.
Yet many people understand rural America through stereotypes.
Planning Life After High School Isn’t Easy – 4 Tips to Help Students and Families Navigate the Process
A parent, teacher or another adult in this student’s life could connect them with someone they shadow at work, even for a day, so the student can better understand what the job entails.
A parent, teacher or another adult in this student’s life could connect them with someone they shadow at work, even for a day, so the student can better understand what the job entails.