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We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.
Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.
The “Euro Night Sprinter” map is utopian, but Europe’s rail future could look a lot like it.
The highest earning Myers-Briggs personality type? ENTJ.
The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists has a cause, and what caused the Universe? It's got to be God.
The ability to differentiate your emotions might make you less likely to suffer from depression, alcoholism, and anger issues.
Discover the history of homemade sugar skulls, home altars, and fantastical spirit animals.
Before Herbert came along and wrote Dune, few if any sci-fi stories were set in fully realized universes.
Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my mother used to say, “Honey, this is not just a day for costumes and candy. You must also remember […]
In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it'll never be one again.
There's more to miracles than turning water into wine.
A 12-year study shows that these large lemurs have a sophisticated sense of rhythm.
One hypothesis says that sleep helps "clean" the brain of damaged molecules and toxic proteins.
Frank Herbert's "Dune" refers to a religious desert people who are desperate for a savior to overthrow an evil empire. Sound familiar?
Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here's how large it will get.
A marketing professional decided to think creatively and create a resume-bot. It helped him land 14 interviews and 11 job offers.
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Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
Fear is one of the oldest and most powerful emotions known to man, so it should come as no surprise that horror stories are as old as storytelling itself.
Today, alcohol is as important as candy to the Halloween economy.
The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.