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It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.
People underestimate their opponent’s capacity to feel basic human sensations. We can short-circuit this impulse through moral reframing and perspective taking.
The metaverse may leave us perpetually unsure whether the people we encounter are authentic or high-quality fakes.
What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.
John Templeton Foundation
Spin, spin, spin — fire! The startup’s radical system could make satellite launches cheaper and cleaner.
The underground burial tombs were used at least as far back as 2500 B.C.
Majoring in economics can boost a graduate's early-career income by several thousand dollars, at least for those who live in California.
“We didn’t build anything face-ish into our network [but] managed to segregate themselves without being given a face-specific nudge.”
Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.
Moral dilemmas reveal the limitations of ethical principles. Oddly, the most principled belief system might not have any principles at all.
Ancient helium-3 from the dawn of time leaks from the Earth, offering clues to our planet’s formation. A key question is where it leaks from.
A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.
5mins
Thinking as a group and going along with the loudest voices can feel easy and even natural. But to make real positive change in our world, it’s important to hear all voices and question the perceived majority.
Stand Together
AI-generated photos, also known as synthetic media, are being used to create fake experts and journalists to spread disinformation.
Research shows self-ratings of personality traits like diligence are generally more accurate than ratings from others.
You've spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that's ok; your value is greater than you realize.
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
Realism in science cannot be completely unmoored from human experience. Otherwise, realism ends up tortured with unreal paradoxes.