The Covid pandemic brought us lots of things... Misery, loneliness, lockdowns, remote work, and a whole bunch of bizarre baby ...

Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can. By Alexander Nazaryan Researchers in Switzerland ...

We’ve been having a debate about “book bans” in recent years, but given the steep decline in student literacy, the deeper question is how any child would even notice whether a book is available in a ...

There are several reasons you might have landed on this article. Maybe you're a passenger on a long road trip, tasked with keeping everyone entertained. Perhaps you're preparing for a trivia night at ...

(RNS) — As luck would have it, the outbreak of war between the United States, Israel and Iran took place shortly before the Jewish holiday of Purim. One consequence is, in Israel at least, what is ...

Aldous Huxley’s line, “To be a fool at the right time is also an art,” sounds playful at first, but it carries a sharp, uncomfortable truth. In a world that prizes intelligence, planning, and control, ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

In the summer of 2008, I was 19 years old, halfway through college, and an aspiring poet with a notebook full of earnest stanzas of questionable quality. I loved writing. I loved literature. As I ...

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Betrand Russel once said, “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubt.” That was the lesson from a Guys Read book ...

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville criticized Democrats for their reactions to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday, describing their behavior as "foolishness" on ...

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