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Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
Yes, dark energy is real. Yes, distant galaxies recede faster and faster as time goes on. But the expansion rate isn't accelerating at all.
The cost of seeing yourself as a thief is pretty steep, the results of a 2019 study suggest.
The Athenian rich paid their taxes because they craved the social success of being perceived as "useful."
While Costco warehouses may remind shoppers of Walmart, this membership-only retailer has a business model that more closely resembles Amazon or Netflix.
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Crafting an effective learning and development strategy can be challenging. Here are five key considerations.
Concluding that Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID vaccine requires accepting highly improbable leaps of logic.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.
The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
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Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.
But they're still lovable.
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. "Negative energy" is the state of having less energy than empty space.