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Few see how strongly science's preferred languages shape and limit the thinking of many experts.
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Climate change is a topic that's politically charged rather than scientifically charged. Bill Nye offers tips for how those on the side of science can begin to have meaningful conversations with skeptics.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Artist David Salle on how even to begin figuring out what "works" in art.
If you’ve ever wondered just why it has piqued the interest of so many, have a look inside. “I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for […]
It seems inevitable that there will be a Mars colony, but the path there won't be easy. There are two key challenges ahead that will push innovation.
A researcher is experimenting with an artificial hippocampus to learn how to strengthen and store memories.l
New research at MIT might be a game-changer for Alzheimer's. But you don't have to wait to strengthen your brain's memory system.
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It turns out there's quite a bit of cognitive dissonance impairing our understanding of motivation and happiness. Duke University's Professor Dan Ariely fills in the gaps.
Poor Americans, people in rural locations, and those with disabilities would benefit most.
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Slavoj Žižek examines the situation out of which refugees are created, and criticizes conservatives and liberals alike for their "conspiracy theories".
Thanksgiving may already be a week behind us, but there’s always something to be thankful for. “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful […]
Researchers scan the brains of people having strong spiritual experiences.
A rash of teen idols, singers, actors, and actresses have all come out recently detailing their struggles.
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“We love, as a culture, to attack messengers when the message is something that makes us feel uncomfortable,” says journalist Wesley Lowery.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not nearly as smart as we want it to be. Because we are not nearly as smart as we want to be.
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Harvard bioethics specialist Glenn Cohen considers the complex question of whether humans should mix their genetic material with other animals to create chimeras.
The first clinical trials on humans of CRISPR-Cas9-edited genes has begun in China.
Either momentum truly is conserved and this isn’t a reactionless drive… or else. “The law of the conservation of momentum is the basis of the static thrust equation, the law of […]
Scientists explain why explosive, disruptive magnetic reconnections occur so mystifyingly often.
Oakland and San Francisco recently passed taxes on sugar beverages. Is the entire nation next?