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Tourism and environmental threats are shaping the fragile future of these iconic, surprisingly intelligent island predators.
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Optimistic people don’t just “feel happier,” they literally process information differently, at a perceptual level. Three experts explain.
Unlikely Collaborators
Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
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Professor Michael Spitzer argues that music is something closer to a biological system, one that was shaping the human body long before we had words for what we were feeling.
A free and happy bird does not pace the room.
Newton's gravitational constant, G, is still known to just 3 significant figures in 2026. New measurements merely highlight our uncertainty.
As mental health diagnoses become more common and expansive, the labels meant to help us understand our suffering may instead oversimplify it.
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Human origins once looked like a simple migration story. According to geneticist David Reich, new evidence keeps turning it into a record of contact, disappearance, and surprise.
In 2006, the IAU defined "planet" for the first time, excluding Pluto and all other dwarf planets. In 2026, is it now time for a change?
Your to-do list isn't a debt to pay off. It's a menu to choose from.
How leaders destroy meaning (without realizing it).
Gaeilge is trending culturally. So why is it, according to census data, also dying?
The AI energy debate focuses on supply — but smarter planning could deliver more computing from the same megawatts.
Cadence
From within our own galaxy to behemoths billions of light-years away, supermassive black holes create jets like nothing else in the cosmos.
Long before today's debates, immigration was already transforming the American accent into something distinctively its own.
A meditation on how our obsession with speed and productivity undermines our health, relationships, and chances for lasting success.
From Swedish playgrounds to American kitchens, how we design our spaces broadcasts our priorities and can help spark broader cultural shifts.
It takes incredible energies to accelerate masses near the speed of light. So how do the farthest galaxies speed away from us so quickly?
54mins
Dr. Nicole LePera breaks down the 6 archetypes of childhood trauma.
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Memory decline doesn’t suddenly begin in old age, it unfolds gradually over decades. The good news: this common, daily habit can chemically and structurally shift the trajectory. 3 experts explain
Unlikely Collaborators