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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
A concept known as "wave-particle duality" famously applies to light. But it also applies to all matter — including you.
A vitamin that makes your body repellent to mosquitos sounds too good to be true, because it is.
The most important events in history have nothing to do with politics or wars.
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
The AI is helping Twitter users plot movies, design meal plans, and more.
"Carpe diem" was only one part of Horace's poem Odes 1.11.
The insanity of the academic job market laid out in numbers.
Life is the only physical system that actively uses information.
Light carries with it the secrets of reality in ways we cannot completely understand.
St Nick had a history of teleporting long before needing to reach all the world's children in one night.
There is more consensus on what heaven looks like than hell.
A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
Find your wallet or keys — or a nuclear submarine.
Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
"Tristram Shandy" trolled its way to fame.