New research shows many people vastly underestimate other people's beliefs in extraterrestrial life. Is social stigma keeping ...

For most of my professional political life, I have lived and worked in the world of coalitions — building them, expanding ...

While Buterin believes pluralistic philosophy can enhance existing systems, he acknowledges that it cannot replace them. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has expressed optimism about the ...

Pluralistic ignorance may explain the errors in the polls regarding the presidential election this year. Pluralistic ignorance is manifest in situations in which individuals’ public behaviors are the ...

President Joe Biden has made it clear that he wants to “reopen school doors as quickly as possible,” and that he’s willing to spend generously to make this happen. But he’s not going to get his wish.

Last semester saw significant changes to the university general education curriculum — most notably, its removal of the diversity requirement. Whereas students who began college before Fall 2015 were ...

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For the chairman of the Jewish Agency to unprecedentedly boycott an event hosted by Israel’s prime minister, there had best be a compelling reason. On June 25, 2017, Natan Sharansky believed there was ...

Base Hillel, run by young rabbis and their spouses, aims to engage young people in Jewish ritual, study and service programs. NEW YORK (JTA) — At a small stove in the kitchen, a man exploring ...