An Oregon teen arrested last month in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a mall in southwestern Washington subscribed to a “nihilistic violent extremist ideology,” according to ...

“Nihilistic Violent Extremist:” President Donald Trump’s administration created this new category of domestic threat (they would say “terrorist”) in the wake of conservative activist and media figure ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Nihilism is a philosophical belief that suggests that life has no inherent meaning or purpose. It rejects the idea that there is any objective truth or value in the world, and suggests that all ...

Purpose anxiety is a real phenomenon, and it’s far more common than you might think. Research by Larissa Rainey and colleagues has shown that up to 91% of people experience purpose anxiety at some ...

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