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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
If you're an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?
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"Is it possible that consciousness is a much more basic phenomenon in nature and is essentially pervading everything?"
Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?
If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.
There are a few small cosmic details that, if things were just a little different, wouldn't have allowed our existence to be possible.
"I have a friend who thinks vaccines cause autism," writes Nina. "What can I do?"
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"I think we need a truly open-ended conversation with 8 billion strangers, and what makes that hard to do increasingly is a level of political fragmentation and extremism and
partisanship born of our engagement with these new technologies."
The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.
When we see pictures from Hubble or JWST, they show the Universe in a series of brilliant colors. But what do those colors really tell us?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
How did life on Earth begin? Is there life on other worlds? An answer to either question will reflect heavily on the other.
Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science … and Jerry Seinfeld's "Night Guy vs. Morning Guy" routine.
In partisan political times, recognizing the scientific truth is more important than ever. Scientists must be vocal and clear about reality.
The color of the shirt you're wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.
There’s little more infuriating in the world than being told to “calm down” when you’re in the midst of a simmering grump.
Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?
In 1980, Willy Brandt drew a line across the map that still influences how we think about the world.