How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...
MIT Technology Review

It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist

A mix of technology and politics has given an unprecedented boost to once-fringe ideas—but they are pretty much the same ...
hoptownchronicle

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − but there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared autism a national “epidemic,” calling it a “preventable disease” that is growing at an “alarming rate.” He went on ...
University of Wyoming

UW Professor Joyce Receives Grant Set to Re-Write History of the Stars

Messier 92, a globular cluster that is about the same age as the universe, is shown in this image taken with the Hubble Telescope. (Gilles Chapdelaine NASA/European Space Agency Photo) How old are the ...