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The benefits of mathematical literacy reach far beyond the realm of numbers and equations.
The unanswered questions about sex, love, and pregnancy in space could shape the future of humanity more than we think.
The Universe is expanding, the expansion is accelerating, and some galaxies even recede faster-than-light. Can we see a change in real time?
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Chris Miller explains the hidden reason that global superpowers are obsessed with Taiwan.
In this excerpt from The Laws of Thought, Tom Griffiths shares how George Boole developed a mathematical theory of logic.
Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn't have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.
How many stupid acts does it take to make a person stupid?
Before Sun-like stars die, they transition from AGB red giants into preplanetary nebulae. Here's how Hubble sees the famous Egg Nebula.
Why the link between understanding customers and retaining them is forged from emotional connection.
In this excerpt from The Intimate Animal, Justin Garcia shows why curiosity and self-disclosure — not attraction alone — help build intimacy and sustain it over time.
The "Creativity Pioneers" proving that imagination
is a practical tool for social transformation.
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Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans. In 2026, that matters more than ever.
AI is not a rupture in history, but a continuation of intelligence emerging where information becomes systematically arranged.
Julius Caesar conquered Gaul but his emotional intelligence was pitiful — and there’s plenty we can learn from his leadership deficiencies.
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Happiness collapses the moment hardship arrives. Joy doesn’t. Historian Kate Bowler explains why joy can coexist with pain — and why that makes it a stronger, more fulfilling emotion.
No claim has even made it halfway up the Confidence of Life Detection (CoLD) scale, but 21st century science is just beginning to unfold.
Here in our modern Universe, it's cosmic dust that forms planets, complex molecules, and enables life. But how did the Universe create it?
Writer and media theorist Bogna Konior connects cosmos and computer by reconsidering our eerily silent Universe.
In this excerpt from Think Like a Mathematician, Junaid Mubeen explains how tiny actions can shape complex systems, revealing the limits of prediction and control in our lives.
13.8 billion years have passed since the Big Bang, but many stars will survive for longer than that. What's the longest-lived a star can be?