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When you slow down after exiting the highway, or hush your voice in the library, you’re using this brain mechanism.
With his collected letters recently being published, it's time to revisit this extraordinary thinker.
Four out of every five American adults and children are not moving enough.
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The stories we tell define history. So who gets the mic in America?
The cosmic story of us, from before the Big Bang until today, is a story that all of us share. Enjoy it, in just 200 words. In the beginning, there was […]
The controversy around the Torah codes gets a new life.
Orangutans join humans and bees in a very exclusive club
4mins
Journaling can help you materialize your ambitions.
New research links urban planning and political polarization.
The closer together we get, the argument goes, the healthier we'll be.
Science and the squishiness of the human mind. The joys of wearing whatever the hell you want, and so much more.
4mins
A guide to making difficult conversations possible—and peaceful—in an increasingly polarized nation.
Charles Koch Foundation
The densest objects in the Universe are also the most difficult to destroy. But eventually, destruction always prevails. There are quite a few ways to make the black holes we […]
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration likely violated the reporter's Fifth Amendment rights when it stripped his press credentials earlier this month.
The definition of a kilogram will now be fixed to Planck's constant, a fundamental part of quantum physics.
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.
New research identifies an unexpected source for some of earth's water.
SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 internet-providing satellites into orbit over the next six years.
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Here's the science of black holes, from supermassive monsters to ones the size of ping-pong balls.
Hubble holds the record, finding a galaxy when the Universe was just 3% it’s age. In just a few years, James Webb will shatter it. One of the great scientific lessons […]