The Pope, as you probably know, passed away on Monday. I was born into the Catholic religion but left the church after my first CCD class — ironically, after learning…

The rights of transgender people, and in some cases, their physical safety, have eroded over the past few years, and today, legislators across America are beginning to enact Draconian laws…

A new study examined all breakfast cereals purchased by 77,000 U.S. households over a nine-year period and tracked them against Nielsen ratings data for all ads seen in the same…

This will come as a shock: Fidget spinners and their fidgety brethren don't work. Actually, it's worse than that. Research indicates that they are detrimental to learning. In a recent…

Tragedy strikes. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has come to an end after more than 40 years. Founded in 1982 at San Jose State University in California, the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest…

More than 40% of the world's electrical demand in 2024 was met via clean sources — solar and wind. A report by the energy think tank Ember said the milestone…

I was honored to have another story on The Moth Radio Hour and podcast last week — aired all over the country on NPR. It's the story of how my…

Elysha, Clara, and I had lunch at 110 Grill in Canton, Connecticut, this week. I experienced a moment of frustration with this restaurant last year. My family and in-laws wanted…

Nine years ago, I attended a Guns N' Roses concert with my friend, Heather, at Gillette Stadium. At the time, I had pneumonia. Elysha and I had just returned from…

Education Secretary Linda McMahon was speaking last week at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit, an annual gathering of education and learning leaders when she mistakenly referred to AI (artificial intelligence) as A.1.…