• What is the ‘self’? The 3 layers of your identity.

    What is the ‘self’? The 3 layers of your identity.

    Answering the question of who you are is not an easy task. Let's unpack what culture, philosophy, and neuroscience have to say.
  • New tech turns space urine into plant fertilizer

    New tech turns space urine into plant fertilizer

    An important step toward figuring out our space station future.
  • Why moral people tolerate immoral behavior

    Why moral people tolerate immoral behavior

    As morally sturdy as we may feel, it turns out that humans are natural hypocrites when it comes to passing moral judgment.
  • Trial of a universal flu vaccine shows promise

    Trial of a universal flu vaccine shows promise

    The vaccine just passed its first clinical trials, but it has a long way to go.
  • Study: These personality traits predict early career success

    Study: These personality traits predict early career success

    A new study found that personality growth in young adults predicted career benefits such as income, degree attainment, and job satisfaction.
  • Cara Delevingne doing Hulu series on sexuality, gender identity

    Cara Delevingne doing Hulu series on sexuality, gender identity

    EXCLUSIVE: Hulu and BBC Three are set to co-produce a documentary series in which actress, model and singer Cara Delevingne explores issues of sexual and gender identity. Deadline can reveal that Hulu is on the brink of finalizing a deal to board the six-part BBC series, with Belisa Balaban, vice president of original documentaries, leading …
  • America's identity crisis has a cure

    America's identity crisis has a cure

    America is going through an identity crisis. Many no longer look back at our history with a reverent eye, but with a critical one, questioning our history, principles, and values. Others feel a sense of constant confusion. Coming from Somalia, a country steeped in its own disorder and unrest, I am alarmed to see this …
  • Actress Tara Reid wants everyone to stop confusing her with Tara Reade

    Actress Tara Reid wants everyone to stop confusing her with Tara Reade

    Dear Twitterverse: Tara Reid wants everyone to stop confusing her with Tara Reade. Ever since Reade, a former staffer to Joe Biden, publicly accused the presidential candidate of sexual assault, Reid — as in the “Sharknado” and “American Pie” star — has seen her Twitter timeline inundated with threats, nastiness and snarky comments from people …