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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Vague predictions and post hoc revisions help astrology feel meaningful, even while it fails empirical testing.
Why we shouldn't necessarily outsource our thinking to dead people.
A white rabbit appears up ahead. What do you do?
In physics, we reduce things to their elementary, fundamental components, and build emergent things out of them. That's not the full story.
What the near-death experiences of daffodils can teach us about resilience, death, and becoming someone new.
Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
A free and happy bird does not pace the room.
Your to-do list isn't a debt to pay off. It's a menu to choose from.
Behavioral scientist Danny Kenny on the simple power of asking, "What is this actually for?"
These initially sympathetic characters take readers down a dark path.
From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.
For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?
"I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."
A growing movement is trying to turn energy directly into food — reviving an old dream of escaping the violence and inefficiency of eating.
George Szpiro explores the philosophical ideas that explain why justice — not freedom or efficiency — may better anchor a fair society.
TikTok gave an old practice a terrible name. Neuroscience explains why it actually works.
When can a kid play outside alone? Two parents, one stranger, and the state collide.
AI is unlocking unprecedented capabilities — and exposing new vulnerabilities just as quickly.
In a 13.8 billion year old Universe, a few seconds hardly seems like it matters. But these minuscule changes sure do add up over time.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on why reflective self-consciousness separates us from intelligent machines.