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Cartesian vortices are *so* 17-th century.
Scientists have developed an algorithm that reliably detects the signs of Alzheimer’s dementia before its onset.
Our most common fears of the “other” extend even into outer space. Here’s why those fears are baseless. “Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without […]
The Three-Body Problem series lays out a powerful case for why we should stop looking for aliens, and solves the Fermi paradox.
A piece of legislation to address the problem is getting widespread support. Yet, it’s stalled.
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The Actors' Gang Prison Project has spent ten years proving that teaching prisoners self-worth and emotional intelligence pays off.
Hitler is commonly thought to have been an atheist, a claim that's often used in debates about the perils of atheistic belief on a mass scale. But was he?
It's always been our brains.
The FDA approves the first “living drug” cell therapy for childhood leukemia.
Treating the theological and the political as warring forces stops us from looking at the more surprising ways that they interact and inform each other.
Social citizenship is both a feeling of belonging and a definable set of commitments and obligations associated with living in a place; it is not second-class national citizenship.
There are many people who preach the supposed benefits of psychedelics, but none do it as well, nor as reliably, as these philosophers and scientists.
Pocket-sized therapies, like counseling apps, are praised as a timely solution to the budgetary pressures and long waiting lists of overstretched mental health services. But do they work?
For the first time, the gravitational wave sky and the astronomical sky might be coming together. It’s a new era, at long last. “Presently thought to be the most powerful explosions […]
Did you experience totality? I did, for the first time. And it was, even as a well-prepared scientist, beyond anything I expected. “All that is nowAll that is goneAll that’s […]
A new podcast: a first-person account, by a scientist, of what it was like to live and experience totality for the first time. “I sometimes ask people, ‘Can you be aware […]
They're 3 billion light years away, but their collision can lead to answers to really big questions.
Sweating is your body's way of regulating internal temperature. It's not a cleansing program.
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There's only one guy on this whole planet who's done both. He tells us what it's like to experience two of the most extreme feats.
Does happiness require a rebellion against evolution?