From a primordial soup of particles, atoms eventually emerged. What happened to make it so, and could things have worked out any other way?

Tal Ben-Shahar explains the Knowing-Doing gap, and how our typical interventions to close it fall short every time.

Tibetan Buddhism identifies three very different ways of wasting your life.

All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?

The matter that creates black holes won't be what comes out when they evaporate. Will the black hole information paradox ever be solved?

Why do anger, regret, and shame linger? Because evolution optimized our emotions to keep us alive, not to make us happy.

In 1982, an experiment showed unprecedented evidence for exotic matter: magnetic monopoles. But without reproducibility, it didn't hold up.

Until recently, nobody had visualized the fungal "Wood Wide Web."

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei joins us to discuss why living a more meaningful life requires confronting what matters and removing what doesn’t.

Once you decide what kind of person someone is, every interaction becomes supporting evidence. Here’s how to interrupt the cycle.

As the Earth spins and wobbles on its axis and revolves elliptically around the Sun, each day differs from the last. "24 hours" isn't right.

Classicist Natalie Haynes joins us to discuss the trials and joys of learning about ancient Greece and its myths.

OB/GYN Jen Gunter charts the science, history, and mythology of menstruation and menopause, offering a guidebook to navigate the rocky terrain of our modern healthcare landscape.

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?

The Great Epizootic of 1872 gave James Law the evidence he needed to challenge centuries of thinking surrounding the origins of disease.

Two-time debate champion Bo Seo breaks down why arguments fail, four bad-faith personas that hijack conversations, and a four-question framework for picking worthy fights.

In technology, we make cumulative advances that withstand time. Not so in politics and ethics, argues philosopher John Gray.

Jimmy Doolittle pushed aircraft to their limits and, in the process, helped turn flight testing from daredevilry into a discipline.

The evidence that the Universe is expanding is overwhelming. But how? By stretching the existing space, or by creating new space itself?

Pain isn't a signal from the body. It's a decision made by the brain. Pain psychologist Rachel Zoffness explains why hurt and harm are not the same, why most chronic back pain has no structural cause, and how sleep, stress, and loneliness become ingredients in your own personal pain recipe.