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Why Earning a Small Fortune Doesn’t Make You Feel Rich-Rich in America Anymore — There’s a conversation which takes place between my American and European friends. Predictably, so much so, that it’s become a regular kind of event. There we are, having a nice lunch, or dinner, or what have you, and inevitably the subject of money comes up. My American friends, the well-to-do…

How Nepo Babies Teach Us What Went Wrong With the Economy — There’s a phrase that’s been on lips for the last month or two. “Nepo babies.” Have you heard it? It means basically kids of the rich and famous and powerful, who make it, because, well, mommy or daddy are there to give them not just a leg up, but more…

One of the greatest inconsistencies in modern science and its biggest driver, dark energy. — In thinking of Einstein’s mistakes, one immediately recalls what Einstein (in a conversation with George Gamow) called the greatest blunder he had made in his life: the introduction of the cosmological constant. This problem, which Einstein also saw, is called the “crisis” in cosmology today. General relativity works fine in…

People are going crazy after the viral video that appeared on Project Veritas. The video where a former Pfizer Director confesses on the camera that the company is looking for transforming mutations in a cash cow received a lot of attention these days. Exactly 27 million views in 2 days. …

Singer Ciara responds on Twitter to Jason Whitlock about his reprehensible statement concerning Black women. — It’s a shame that a brutal beating that took the life of Tyre Nichols by five Black male officers, has turned the conversation to…Black women. …

Don’t pretend like we have it all figured out — Science is the study of the observable universe. At one point, it was called natural philosophy. The goal has always been to understand the world around us and how it works. Today, this is primarily done via empirical evidence, well-vetted theories, and peer reviewed research. …

If found guilty, he could serve up to eighteen months in prison. — Alec Baldwin, famous for Beetlejuice and The Aviator, fatally shot a woman on set with a prop gun in October 2021. The incident occurred at Bonanza Creek Ranch, a famous western film filming location, and has similarities with the killing of Brandon Lee in 1993. The film they were taking…