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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Reading between the lines of Dorothy’s adventure to the Emerald City.
Million Stories
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
Sigmund Freud developed the decidedly unscientific principles of psychoanalysis in a time when most psychologists were trying to join the ranks of chemists and medical doctors.
The Big Bang is commonly misunderstood, warping our understanding about the Universe's size and shape.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they're used properly.
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
If you don't mourn in North Korea, you risk being executed.
"We are what our bodies do with what we eat."
Our inaugural special issue is focused on progress — the search for, the study of, and the project towards a better world.
Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?
We asked 11 experts about the future of progress for humanity.
We asked our experts where they see the biggest blockers right now for more progress. Essentially, from their various areas of focus, what did they see as the largest impediments to driving progress forward around the world and how they would prioritize the necessary interventions? The answers were appropriately varied from the philosophical to the political to the technological.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]