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Science and the arts both reward curiousness and uncertainty. They both attract great outside-the-box minds.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Oxford historian Peter Frankopan on two millennia of the flow of germs, ideas, commerce, and more from East to West and vice versa.
There’s surprisingly little evidence that proves recommended courses are the best treatment.
A study surveyed 821 people to find the funniest words in the English language.
Silicon Valley needs more diversity of thought and well-rounded thinkers. An interview with Scott Hartley, author of The Fuzzy and The Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World.
"The quality of homework assigned is so poor that simply getting kids to read, replacing homework with self-selected reading, was a more powerful alternative," said Professor Richard Allington.
The atoms, planets, stars, and even galaxies aren’t expanding, even though space is. How come? This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity […]
“We’re coming to understand the basic building blocks of personality,” Dr. Fisher said.
A physicist demonstrates how life may be a predictable product of thermodynamics.
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Is your Facebook wall more of a façade? Data shows that people are brutally honest with Google, but that Facebook is a pack of shameless lies.
Men who consume over 67 grams of sugar are at an increased risk for depression and anxiety.
Innovation training can help make your business more flexible and resilient to disruptive changes in your industry. Did you know that it can also help make your workplace more efficient? […]
On August 21st, 2017, a total eclipse will hit 14 states. Here’s your guide to everything you need to know. “…and the Sun has perished out of heaven, and an […]
Greatest job ever? NASA will pay six-figures to a Planetary Protection Officer.
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Can you have hope in the face of death? For believers this is somewhat easier, but non-theists require a different set of philosophical tools.
Rationality isn't the rule, it's rare. That's true of the sort of optimizing rationality that economists presume we all have (even though many economists themselves fall short of that standard).
The Job Guarantee is a policy proposal that would have the state function as an employer of last resort.
If you can’t look at the full suite of evidence and tell the full truth, you’re nothing but a deliberate misleader. At best. “Climate change does not respect border; it does […]
A study from Florida State University sheds light on the sudden urge some people feel to jump from a high place.
Kale contains lutein, a nutrient that may protect the brain against the cognitive effects of aging, according to a new University of Illinois study.