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Known as orphaned planets, rogue planets, or planets without parent stars, these "outliers" might be the most common type of planet overall.
When appraising human behavior, people tend to forgo the lessons of psychology in favor of assumption and anecdote.
Don’t become one of those organizations that slouches toward positive behavioral change — here’s how to move fast.
Our galactic home in the cosmos — the Milky Way — is only one of trillions of galaxies within our Universe. Is one of them truly our "twin?"
The carbon market and offsetting system have created “carbon cowboys” and perpetuated forms of neo-colonialism and other inequities.
The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.
“Neurotech is not just about the brain,” says Synchron CTO Riki Banerjee, explaining how their tech can help with paralysis, brain diseases, and beyond.
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“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”
Electromagnetism, both nuclear forces, and even the Higgs force are mediated by known bosons. What about gravity? Does it require gravitons?
A survey of more than 6,000 of the world's richest, most influential people shows that 9% of them attended Harvard University.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.
Carl Sagan was far from the first to declare we are the children of ancient stars.
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.
Grab a sword, a small plate, and a young child. We've got a demon to summon.
There was a lot of hype and a lot of nonsense, but also some profoundly major advances. Here are the biggest ones you may have missed.
In post-Soviet nations where ministers have a relatively high BMI, corruption tends to be high, too.
The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.
Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.