Congress’ big antitrust bill is filled with gray areas

Americans want to be carbon neutral, don’t want to take needed steps

Enlarge (credit: Pramote Polyamate) Earlier this week, the Pew Research Center announced the results of polling that asked the US public its thoughts on how to address climate change. While the usual partisan split was apparent, the survey highlights an even larger challenge that policymakers will face: the US public supports contradictory things when it comes […]

Researchers perform magic tricks for birds, who are not amused

Enlarge / A Eurasian jay takes a skeptical view of magic. (credit: Luc Viatour) Most magic tricks require a fairly sophisticated understanding of how humans perceive the world. To fall for a trick, people have to see things they perceive as important and ignore things that are actually important. Understanding why magic works can tell […]

Tuesday’s election-night TV crowd has been large. But another recent election was {}

Only over 56.9 million TV viewers tuned in to watch election returns on U.S. TV networks nightly, a decrease in the years back that could have reflected voter fatigue and the absence of a definite winner. Fox News contributed total, having a estimated 14.1 million viewers in prime time, an 18 percent increase in 2016, […]