Despair sometimes seems the most reasonable response to life, especially these days. A partial list of things that might cause even the most devout people to fear for the future include: seemingly ...

Alex Bryson receives funding from the United Nations Development Program. David Blanchflower received funding from the UN. Xiaowei Xu receives funding from UKRI. For years now, research studies across ...

Despair is the trickiest affliction to handle because of its "instant death" effect. You have to deal with this malady in certain areas, such as the mining tunnel past the Snowy Passage, the caverns ...

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep introduces a lot of new quests for players to complete, including the Essence of Despair. For returning players, or those that have picked up the Legacy pack, finding, tracking, ...

The Joke I tell that no one laughs at goes like this: I picked a pretty rough time to actually want to be alive; in retrospect, back when I wanted to die, things were not actually all that bad. In the ...

The question is not if but when and how—and whether you will reckon with Christ. Scott Blakeman loved watching the reactions when he casually told new friends at house parties and barbecues that he ...

Hello, and welcome back to This Week in History! Humanity loves symbols and icons. Just think about what’s on your phone screen right now — lots of bright, bold and eye-catching app logos are sitting ...

In light of recent events, it might be a good time to remember a very simple truth: Nazis are ALWAYS the bad guys. By Scott Roxborough, Patrick Brzeski In the wake of Elon Musk’s Hitler-like salute at ...

The New York Giants were stumbling through another losing season back in 1978 when they had to endure the embarrassment of a play that would live in franchise infamy. A bobbled handoff by quarterback ...

This stagnant brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is so toxic it kills and embalms any crabs and amphipods that are unlucky enough to stumble into it. When you purchase through links on our ...

“The thought of suicide,” Nietzsche quips, “is a powerful comfort: it helps one through many a dreadful night.” Taking one’s own life is, of course, no laughing matter, and few, if any, of us can say ...