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An emphasis on personal responsibility might explain why conservatives tend to be in better physical health than liberals.

A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.

Number of proton-neutron pairs determine how fast the particles move, results suggest.

Finding your own truth without a guiding mythical worldview.

The heaviest elements in the periodic table have their own unique story. No, they don’t come from a supernova. When it comes to the elements of the Universe, every one […]

'For decades, all the major economists ... they all believed that we would be working less and less', Rutger Bregman told Davos

That's one way to reduce the national debt.

Unions between Muslims and non-Muslims played a huge part in the expansion of Islam.

Can learning about the great white shark help protect us from cancer?

Why do people buy into stories that are clearly lies? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.

Diversity without inclusion is largely pointless. Beyond superficially satisfying some hiring metric, bringing on an employee who has little chance of thriving deprives the company of diversity’s benefit and puts […]

Maslow's highest level on the hierarchy of needs.

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.

In your Ostara bonnet…

Seemingly small moments of discrimination often pass unnoticed.

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.