NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the U.S., about an initiative to "debrief America" in its 250th year with essays by prominent Americans, starting with George W. Bush.

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

"Energy transition" is a very common term but has no official definition. This article reviews the four key theories and what they tell us about the present and future.

We face an existential challenge in America. Major shifts in demographic change, housing affordability, and race and class inequality threaten to destabilize our already tenuous social fabric. We ...

Students increasingly have the option to submit a video introduction, recorded on their phone or laptop, with their college application. This is a way for admissions officers to get a better idea of ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

The popularity of Leibniz in recent years gives an added interest to this new critical edition of the masterly epitome of the great philosopher's views. A running commentary accompanies each paragraph ...

On a blustery spring Thursday, just after midterms, I went out for noodles with Alex and Eugene, two undergraduates at New York University, to talk about how they use artificial intelligence in their ...

A compelling introduction is crucial for making a strong first impression in your cover letter. Personalize your cover letter by addressing the hiring manager by name and tailoring your opening to ...

First impressions can make or break a character's image in front of the audience. The moment a character is introduced carries a lot of weight, and if the character is a big deal, he has to be brought ...

Conflict is a central part of every single movie. With conflict comes a villainous, antagonistic figure, who is more often than not the one who sets it into motion. But a villain isn't always the ...

2024 saw politics, culture, and the overlap between them grow ever stranger, and that’s reflected in our picks for the year’s top video essays. Videos about artificial intelligence, abuses of ...