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Who doesn't love a little existential fear every once in a while?
Is history decided by discernible laws or does it unfold based on random, unpredictable occurrences?
The largest hazardous asteroid found in the last 8 years showcases a little-known class of planet-killers. And we're woefully unprepared.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
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Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.
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To be happy, you have to become antifragile first. Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar explains.
John Templeton Foundation
One possible vision of the distant future.
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Your brain is wired for trauma. And it can be hot-wired to forget it.
Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?
Parents want the best for their kids, but resilience helps children better cope with life's unavoidable challenges.
There is one House member for every 761,169 people, which isn't exactly representative.
Studying neuroscience through art.
A long-maligned treatment outperforms the trendy one.
Some patients wait over 5 years for a liver transplant.
A technique called targeted memory reactivation could improve common treatments for nightmare disorder.
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Psychedelic medicines are surging in popularity. Here’s how they work.
In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that even black holes don't live forever, but emit radiation and eventually evaporate. Here's how.
The “scientific Buddha” and the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism with regard to science are modern creations.