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If you thought all we could see is all that’s out there, prepare to rethink everything you knew. “It’s hard to build models of inflation that don’t lead to a multiverse. […]
A new report suggests Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana might be reducing opioid deaths in the state.
Early states did not form how we've been taught, writes James C Scott in his new book. His research offers a clue as to where we might be heading.
It’s fascinating how an octopus's skin does this and how these scientists recreated it.
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Friendly neighbors and wide oceans. That, in a phrase, is America's security plan. North Korea? Simply not a threat, says foreign policy expert Michael Desch.
The link between sugar and cancer just got stronger.
Summary Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, discusses the story of how he was inspired to create a software-based learning tool that would teach others subjects like Math, World […]
Summary In this lesson excerpt, video game designer Jane McGonigal walks you through how gaming can lead to positive outcomes in the workplace. By the end of the video, you […]
Infographics detailing the exporting of live animals from Africa, 2001-2015
If you don’t learn this one lesson, you’ll not only never be good at science, you’ll never learn anything new. “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong […]
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Look at Wall Street in 2008, and the White House right now. Diversity—of people and cognitive perspectives—is crucial for avoiding failure.
This is a nice addition to the findings of the “yellow snow” study.
A recent study looks at whether collective apologies on behalf of countries may inspire hope that can lead to reconciliation.
Anxiety is now the number one disorder on the planet. Yet it's oddly ignored from public conversation.
Children’s drawings of houses rendered as they’d look in real life.
A company’s culture can have a strong influence on both current employees and potential hires. With the right company culture, an organization can attract and retain engaged employees who add […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “One of the things that I think is missing in the educational pipeline in America is… a class on what science is, and how and why it works.”
Finding a warm-hot intergalactic plasma is amazing! But we still need dark matter just as much as ever. “There are stars leaving the Milky Way, and immense gas clouds falling […]
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Does religion help us survive? No more than moths thrive in flame, says Richard Dawkins.
What happened before the Big Bang?