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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Michael Faraday's 1834 law of induction was the key experiment behind the eventual discovery of relativity. Einstein admitted it himself.
After Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, a pathologist—searching for the secret of genius—removed, dissected, and ultimately stole the mathematician’s brain.
Better cognitive control over our decisions can stave off disappointment in our actions.
A cute mathematical trick can "rescale" the Universe so that it isn't actually expanding. But can that "trick" survive all our cosmic tests?
Take a closer look before judging a book by its title.
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
John Templeton Foundation
When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with "meraki." When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.
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University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders.
The farther away they get, the smaller distant galaxies look. But only up to a point, and beyond that, they appear larger again. Here’s how.
From a photon's viewpoint, the Universe is timeless and dimensionless.
The truth is out there, but it's probably not in the latest whistleblower's report.
The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.
The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it's real.
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Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term "alpha male." Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an "alpha male" really is — empathetic and protective.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
In physics, we reduce things to their elementary, fundamental components, and build emergent things out of them. That's not the full story.