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In 2016, humanity announced our first successful gravitational wave detection. 10 years and 389 events later, here's how far we've come.
The Astro2020 decadal report set the USA's agenda for space and ground-based astronomy. Here in 2026, we're clearly on the wrong course.
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Body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards shares a genius formula to create a lasting first impression while debunking body-language myths and the mistakes you’re probably making in social situations.
Since 2018, around 103,000 millionaires moved out of California — and 133,000 millionaires moved in to Florida
Two discrete symmetries, charge conjugation and parity, must be violated together for our Universe to exist. We haven't found enough of it.
What would your company do if it lost all its customers at once?
Your brain responds to game-like mechanics with focus, persistence, and engagement — the exact qualities you need to stay motivated.
New research suggests fun isn’t a distraction from learning — it’s the brain’s way of rewarding us for navigating uncertainty, discovering patterns, and staying mentally alive.
Away from adult supervision, children practice the skills that make friendship, confidence, and independence possible.
The modern playground was more than a place to play — it was a blueprint for a new kind of upbringing.
Play isn’t frivolous — and by denying playful impulses, you could be holding yourself back.
From snowboarding crows to salmon-hat orcas, scientists are uncovering the deeper evolutionary purposes of play.
Humans are naturally creative, but adulthood often teaches us to value productivity over play.
From early arcades to AI-generated worlds, video games have continually expanded the “magic circle” of play.
Wargames are helping answer one of the biggest questions of the AI era: how machines might reshape human decision-making in war.
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Older cultures made room for mourning. Today, we often rush it, and it comes with a cost. Three experts explain.
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Many people, now with LLM assistance, regularly claim to discover game-changing revolutions. Scientists don't buy it. You shouldn't either.
Directives rarely inspire change. The most effective leaders use stories to make transformation memorable, resonant, and actionable.
Despite all that we've discovered, Earth remains the only planet definitively known to possess life. Here's how to find a second example.