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Abraham Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence.
If your Universe contains any matter at all, a constant Hubble parameter is absolutely impossible. Our observable Universe is an enormous place, with some two trillion galaxies strewn across the […]
"Cargotecture" is becoming increasingly popular as a cheap alternative to traditional houses.
Measles cases in the U.S. have hit a record high — 1,172 cases so far.
Atop hundreds of bus stops, rest stops for bees.
Her plan to abolish most student debt has been put before Congress. But does it have any chance of passing?
Animal law is the fastest growing legal discipline.
Social media wunderkind Baratunde Thurston says we’re living in an age of information overabundance, but that this needn’t be a problem. Just as supermarkets offer us many more choices of […]
Many of them are spinning at nearly the speed of light. When you do the math, there’s no other way it could have been. Take a look out there at the […]
Our antipathy toward the natural world is bad. But it's not too late to change.
If ever there was a food that holds a lesson for building bridges in a fractured America, it's the cabbage roll.
Charles Koch Foundation
The famed German filmmaker offers his thoughts on reading during Eric Weinstein's podcast.
The solar farm is expected to save the airport millions over the following decades.
Though quantum teleportation has been demonstrated, the beam-me-up kind is still fiction.
We know he is on the left, but why? And how left is left anyhow?
2019 could prove to be the second-hottest year on record.
What makes Uranus and Neptune-like worlds so fascinating? If you only knew. What do we really know, and what mysteries are left to solve, about the outer worlds of our Solar […]
When you’re trying to peel back the veil obscuring the fundamental nature of matter, you have to look absolutely everywhere. Sometimes, the solution to a puzzle you’ve been stymied by […]
It's a thin line, but it's definitely there.