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In November 1974, astronomers used the radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory to send a hello to the universe.
All religions have three traits: metaphysical commitments, ethical guidance, and daily rituals or practices. So does Stoicism.
Sure, “who you know” matters — but your best contacts will be the ones you don’t know very well.
Two parts of our Universe that seem to be unavoidable are dark matter and dark energy. Could they really be two aspects of the same thing?
"A person’s mass is made not of 'stuff' in the way we normally think about it, but rather our mass is made of energy."
"I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light."
Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in physics. They're more than mathematical structures. They help describe the Universe.
Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.
They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?
If you're an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?
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"Is it possible that consciousness is a much more basic phenomenon in nature and is essentially pervading everything?"
Since the mid-1960s, the CMB has been identified with the Big Bang's leftover glow. Could any alternative explanations still work?
Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.
Listen, set boundaries, and point them where to go.
Psychotherapist Israa Nasir explains how a “value-aligned life” can help us crush our goals — without being crushed by the need to accomplish more.
It's the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.