This question originally appeared on Quora: What are the skills every 18 year old needs? Answer by Julie Lythcott-Haims, Author of NYT bestseller How to…
THE K-POP BLUES
Conan O’Brien accidentally exposed the culture gap between Koreans and Korean-Americans
Conan O’Brien’s very special Korea episode, which aired on TBS over the weekend, is a much bigger deal than you might imagine (clips are available…
GOLDEN GODS
What the Golden State Warriors did—on and off the court—to make history
It’s official: the Golden State Warriors have broken the record for the most regular-season wins in NBA history. Their 73 victories, with just nine losses,…
The US Marines tested all-male squads against mixed-gender ones, and the results were pretty bleak
In 2013, the US military lifted its ban on women serving in combat. Shortly after, the Marine Corps began what it calls an “unprecedented research…
SCIENCE IS COMING
Mathematicians mapped out every “Game of Thrones” relationship to find the main character
Fans of the Game of Thrones books and TV series have long quarreled over who the true hero of the story is. Daenerys? Tyrion? Jon…
Stockholm Syndrome
“Sweden must change quickly”: Spotify threatens to leave the country
Spotify’s founders have written an open letter to Sweden’s politicians, saying they’ll be forced to divert thousands of jobs away from Sweden if major changes…
SEEN BUT NOT HEARD
New research has uncovered a disturbing trend about female characters in Disney movies
Disney’s early princess movies offer heroines that are strikingly similar: soft-spoken, ethereally beautiful, and willing to endure hardship and humiliation without a peep of complaint.…
SCHOOLS 2.0
Schools are finally teaching what kids need to be successful in life
Research shows that teaching kids things like perseverance and self-control can improve their health, academic achievement, and happiness in life. But teaching character, or social…
far out
The first ever scientific study to capture images of your brain on LSD had to be crowdfunded
If anybody understands the difficult of studying LSD’s effects on humans, David Nutt does. In the US and the UK, this psychedelic is a Schedule…
Wake Up
The scientific way to train white people to stop being racist
No one wants to be called fragile. And if you’re white, what you feel reading the title of this article may be indicative of the…
OPEN DOORS
How immigration will change Sweden profoundly
In relation to its size, Sweden has long accepted more refugees than any other European country. So when over a million migrants came to Europe…
sport centered
Drone racing just became a mainstream sport, thanks to ESPN
There’s a hotel in Williamsburg—the expensive part of Brooklyn that still feels ‘edgy’ to a certain set—called the Wythe. It’s a trendy restored warehouse that…
