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A popular physicist shares why he believes that the deepest nature of reality is hidden from us.
A comprehensive new study finds that lefties are, in fact, better at advanced math.
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Bennett Singer explains why coming out matters—for the LGBTQ community and the straight community alike, and especially for those who are not in a safe position to do so.
With the launch of JPSS-1 coming up this year, everything that NASA Earth science stands for hinges on its success. “There is, then, no water that is wholly of the Pacific, […]
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You have to be a little envious of those who have faith—they have a motivational force behind them that is near impossible to beat. What if there was a secular equivalent, wonders philosophy professor Sam Newlands.
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Can you imagine owning nothing and having everything? Kevin Kelly has a either a startling window into the future or an idea that will make your head spin.
The children of very young and very old fathers were most affected.
Elon Musk publishes a visionary paper on his company's plans to colonize space.
Never heard of SKA, the square kilometer array? Once it starts taking data, you’ll never forget it. “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for […]
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto just took one giant leap forward in his nation's drug policies.
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Goal setting is a hamster wheel, says Adam Alter. If you want to channel your best work and get off the failure circuit, set systems instead.
Polymaths are people who have excelled in diverse pursuits, and several of those polymaths left us with some very practical advice on how to succeed.
Achieving liquid light at room temperature will boost research into quantum hydrodynamics.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have connected inattention and giving up on your dreams.
Smoking reflects a deep divide in American society.
Instead of viewing racism as a moral failure, Racists Anonymous treats it like a disease from which everyone suffers.
Sure, the old Greek guys from 2,400 years ago get all the glory. But these living philosophers have a ton to say about life, the universe, and everything as it relates to right now.
Long thought to be a fallacy, new analysis shows the ‘hot hand’ is real, and Klay Thompson has it. “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on […]
Facebook researchers have found that dialog agents being trained to negotiate will create their own non-human language to be more effective. What does this mean for the future of language?
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ISIS, Hurricane Katrina, Fukushima—for each of these disastrous developments, there was someone with a bunch of data that no one would listen to.