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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience "the end," no matter how we define it.
From the tablets of the Babylonians to the telescopes of modern science, humans have always looked to the skies for fundamental answers.
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
Multiple lines of evidence — physical, chemical, and biological — must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
Even though the brain is only 2% of our total body mass, it consumes up to 25% of our energy.
Even a tiny sliver of the Universe can reveal the cosmic story of what's out there and how it came to be the way it is today.
Assume we can make new thylacines, mammoths, diprotodons, or sabre-tooth cats. Great. Now where do we put them?
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He’s written 7 books on happiness. He’s studied it for 30 years. He even taught it at Harvard. What can Tal Ben-Shahar tell you about really being happy?
Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?
Far from being inappropriate, many of the most controversial acceptance speeches highlighted important issues in the film industry.
Understanding the factors behind recent growth could help us better approach inequality.
Modern applications of Stoicism show up in unexpected places, from the latest techniques in psychotherapy to texts on Christian theology.
“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It's borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”
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We’re wrong about what other people think – and that has harmful impacts on the next generation.
Stand Together
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
Psychological safety plays a key role in fostering innovation and collaborative group dynamics where all team members feel comfortable being themselves.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
We imagine and debate the inner lives of literary characters, knowing there can be no truth about their real motives or beliefs. Could our own inner lives also be works of fiction?
War is peace.
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
John Templeton Foundation