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Sean Carroll: The past, present, and future exist simultaneously Beneath our assumptions lies the most complex, unsolved question in physics: Why does time have any direction at all? We’ve been guessing about ancestral history — until now We used to think human migration was a simple branching tree. Ancient DNA proved it's something far stranger. Harvard Geneticist... How to set better goals and actually follow-through, in 65 minutes Author Chris Bailey breaks down the "intention stack" and the underrated role of values alignment in follow-through. What brain scans reveal about spiritual people and depression Optimistic people don’t just “feel happier,” they literally process information differently, at a perceptual level. Three experts explain. How music rewires the human body, in 59 minutes Professor Michael Spitzer argues that music is something closer to a biological system, one that was shaping the human body... 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