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College in prison reduces the chance of reoffending, but it also dramatically changes the perspective of the professors who teach them.

With single cells, a communal kitchen, Nordic-like furnishings and a landscaped, outdoor green space, it looks unlike any other U.S. prison.

In his later years, psychologist Abraham Maslow added a new apex to the pyramid of human needs: self-transcendence.

Salt Lake City is building a new tiny home village to help Utahns experiencing chronic homelessness get off the street permanently.

The Biden administration is pardoning federal possession offenses, encouraging states to do the same, and reexamining its drug scheduling.

Americans are more likely to cooperate with strangers today than they were in the 1950s, according to the American Psychological Association.

San Francisco joins Oakland, Santa Cruz, DC, and Denver in decriminalizing some psychedelics.

GiveDirectly has delivered over $500 million in cash to impoverished people, letting recipients decide how best to meet their needs.

Kaizen asks us to make small changes, slowly and over time. It's a hard skill to master in an age of instant gratification.

Mathematicians tell us that, to maximize the chances of the best outcome, we ought to ditch the first 37% of any options.

People see manufactured housing parks as problems. We recognize them as part of the solution to housing crises.

Elon Musk has confirmed he owns a foldable house made by Boxabl, a startup hoping its manufactured homes can help end the housing shortage.

Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?

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