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Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili explores why our sense of time may be incredibly misleading, including the idea that past, present, and future might all exist at once.
In this excerpt from Separation of Powers, Cass Sunstein explains how the U.S. Constitution prevents such a concentration of authority from turning democracy into despotism.
Smashing things together at unprecedented energies sounds dangerous. But it's nothing the Universe hasn't already seen, and survived.
Your real competitive edge isn’t how smart you are — it’s how quickly you can reinvent yourself when the rules change.
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Most failures trace back to people problems. If you want long-term success, start with your team. Here’s how to build teams that will actually last and make an impact.
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Brian Cox examines why, despite billions of stars and trillions of planets, we have found no evidence of other intelligent life.
No civilization, no matter how successful, can last forever. What does the non-detection of intelligent aliens mean for our own longevity?
Throughout history, the ability to tell increasingly believable stories has become available to more people. Kevin Ashton says that’s a blessing and a curse.
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Abigail Marsh unpacks what defines psychopathy, how it differs from antisocial behavior, and why terms like “sociopath” only add confusion.
The discovery of CDG-2, a galaxy that's more than 99.9% dark matter, could reveal a new population of ultra-faint galaxies. But is it real?
When people born blind gain sight, the hardest part isn’t opening their eyes — it’s teaching the brain how to see.
The quiet transfer of human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Thanks to modern tech, Earth is now considered a ‘detectable’ planet. Astrophysicist Sara Seager explains how this idea can lead us to discovering life elsewhere in our universe.
No human has ever left the Solar System, and only six already-launched spacecraft will ever exit it. Will Voyager 1 remain the most distant?
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"I call it a tyranny of attention because there's so many demands on our attention coming from so many different directions that we are simply overwhelmed and we don't have the mental bandwidth to cope with it."
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"The production of the silicon wafers that are used in the chip manufacturing process requires extraordinary levels of purity."
Quantum entanglement links information between particles across space and time. So what happens when one of them falls into a black hole?
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Sam Kean examines how rogue archaeologists are recreating the sounds, tastes, smells, and practices of the ancient past.
Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.