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Maslow's highest level on the hierarchy of needs.
9mins
Evolutionarily speaking, being gay is still something of an enigma
It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared. Every so often, an idea comes along in theoretical physics that’s undeniably profound. When a single idea can solve […]
Creativity can bring about unchecked harm, but it's up to us how we wield it.
One flew east, one flew west, eight shrinks flew into the cuckoo's nest.
A revival is occurring, and we sure can use it.
Musican. Actor. Fashion Icon. Internet Visionary?
Seemingly small moments of discrimination often pass unnoticed.
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Good science is sometimes trumped by the craving for a "big splash."
The first planet beyond ‘naked eye’ astronomy will pass within just 1° of Mars. Although there are eight major planets in the Solar System, most of us never see Uranus or […]
Two space agencies plan missions to deflect an asteroid.
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Soon, parents may be able to prescribe music to their kids to help them focus.
"I should be as happy as I'm ever going to be right now, but I'm not. Is this it?"
The assumption "that without memory, there can be no self" is wrong, say researchers.
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
Think you've seen sand? You haven't seen sand.
The 8th century AD was a tough time to be a genius from a poor family in China. Poet and novelist Ha Jin on the tortured life of the legendary drunken poet Li Bai. Also: panpsychism, the value of idleness, and humanities education in America today.
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The world's next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.
You’d be amazed at what you can learn from even one single pixel. Over the past decade, owing largely to NASA’s Kepler mission, our knowledge of planets around star systems beyond […]