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 ...

“Nihilism” comes from the Latin word nihil, or nothing, or “that which does not exist.” Nihilism can be defined as the belief that all values, and therefore institutions, are baseless. Consequently, ...

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, ...

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 ...