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This is why the US isn't ready for automation

Industrial robots alone have eliminated up to 670,000 American jobs between 1990 and 2007, we need to prepare ourselves for the next wave.

The economy and prescription painkillers: A deadly combination?

New research suggests that prescription painkillers and economic standing are linked to a rise in deaths.

Computers and children: should you let your kids log on?

Jeff Guo explores research that looks at the potential benefits of children being computer-literate - and finds an unexpected result.

The relationship between GDP and life expectancy isn't as simple as you might think

New research examines the complicated relationship between GDP and life expectancy.

This well-known economist asked people to flip a coin on important life decisions

Steve Levitt, author of Freakonomics, asked people to flip a coin on life decisions. This is what happened.

This is the surprising impact of starting school in the afternoon

A new study explores the impact of starting school in the afternoon on the academic performance of boys versus girls.

What working too hard can do to your health

This new research provides evidence of a link between overwork and poor health.

We’re really good at forgetting all the bad things we’ve done

This is what happened when psychologists conducted a study on everyday dishonesty.

Google’s new artificial intelligence can’t understand these sentences. Can you?

Parsey McParseface, Google's new state-of-the-art tool, aims to solve one of the most difficult problems in artificial intelligence.

Have we been ignoring some great news about young people?

While mortality rates among the middle-aged in the US have provided some bad news in recent years, we've overlooked health gains among younger people.

What happened when Apple CEO Tim Cook stood up for gay rights?

This is the fascinating thing that happened when Tim Cook stood up for gay rights.

Why men get all the credit when they work with women

Can quotas help tackle the confidence gender gap?