In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set ...

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President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as "critical race theory" and other material ...

While it is debatable as to exactly which of the many war-mongering lies told by politicians has resulted in the most ...

With multiple Grammy nominations turning Brat summer into Brat winter, we put Charli XCX's world-shakingly popular album under the musical microscope ...

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A large study from the University of Colorado found heavy cannabis use is linked to reduced brain activity. Lead researcher ...

A new study reveals that heavy drinkers with depression experience the same level of buzz as those without depression, challenging the long-standing belief that alcohol's pleasurable effects diminish ...

Oblique Strategies contains prompts like "use fewer notes", "be dirty" or "mute and continue", plus our favourite: "take a ...