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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
To Einstein, nature had to be rational. But quantum physics showed us that there was not always a way to make it so.
In Einstein's relativity and the Standard Model, we only have three spatial dimensions. But there could be more, and many think there are.
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
Some objects were softer than others.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
If life is common in the Universe, then where is everybody? Known as the Fermi Paradox, a new project may help solve the riddle.
Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.
"Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea."
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
Find it easier to sort out your friends' problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.