Culture

A black and white image split into two sections: a half globe on the left and a crowd of people on the right, with the text "More Humans Are Better" in the center and the number 3 in the top right corner.

The overlooked virtues of a crowded world

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

Jason Crawford

A graphic titled "Humanity vs. Nature" showing a human evolutionary timeline, biocentrism, ecocentrism, and ethos depictions of nature, including a tree, a bird, and marine life.

Why harmony with nature is a myth

Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.

Jason Crawford

Entertainment

How the internet changed news, according to The Onion

Freethink spoke to Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age.

Tim Brinkhof and Stephen Johnson

Memory

What pandemic nostalgia tells us about how memory works

The complex reality of remembering is anything but objective.

Jesse Damiani

Series| Hard Reset

Murder-free chicken nuggets: Real meat grown in a lab

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Would you eat lab-grown chicken meat? This Singapore restaurant is the first to serve cell-cultured meat to diners.

Stephen Johnson

Series| Catalysts

Is our K-12 education system limiting human potential?

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In partnership with Stand Together

Our K-12 education system is centered around the assumption that every student learns and masters material the exact same way. The problem is: they don’t.

Jack Berning

Sports

Flying race car zips across the sky for the first time

The world’s first flying race car, the Airspeeder Mk3, has completed its maiden flight and is on track to compete in a first-of-its-kind racing series later in 2021.

Kristin Houser