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Terence Tao breaks math down to six essential ideas: numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics.
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Science used to be broad because so few people could afford to do it. Now that more people can participate, the structures need to evolve too. Philosopher Alan Love explains.
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Newton thought that gravitation would happen instantly, propagating at infinite speeds. Einstein showed otherwise; gravity isn't instant.
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Lisa Damour breaks down why chasing a permanent state of calm backfires, why naming an emotion can shrink it, and why "feeling bad" can sometimes be the clearest sign of mental health rather than its absence.
A good decision can blow up, and a terrible one can pay off.
At a fundamental level, nobody knows whether gravity is truly quantum in nature. A novel experiment strongly hints that it is.