When we constantly steer playtime, we may actually be getting in the way of the very skills we’re trying to build.

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On February 11, Japan marked its annual National Foundation Day. This anniversary provided an opportunity, a few days ago, for me to write again after an involuntary break imposed by daily ...

The US equity market stands at the most extreme valuations in history, on the measures we find best correlated with actual ...

North American Aviation’s X-15 rocket plane reached 4,520 mph and climbed to 354,200 feet during a program that ran from 1959 ...

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The Atlantic staff writers Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer explain how Trump’s White House works.

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A huge stretch of the Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing its salt, and scientists warn this subtle shift could quietly disrupt global ocean currents and marine life in unexpected ways.

Researchers have identified 138 candidate subglacial volcanoes hidden beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 91 of which had never been recognized before, raising serious questions about what happens ...