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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
"Groupthink" gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
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It's been 100 years since we discovered that the Universe was expanding. But if it's expanding, then what is it expanding into?
Mansa Musa, perhaps history's richest man, claims he ascended the throne of Mali after his predecessor sailed west and never came back. Could he have made it to the New World?
If our Universe were born a little differently, there wouldn't have been any planets, stars, galaxies, or chemically interesting reactions.
Perhaps the whole Universe is the result of a vacuum fluctuation, originating from what we could call quantum nothingness.
Germans are masters of building cars, cooking brats — and sitting while peeing.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
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Not all conflict is bad. Expert Priya Parker explains how “heat” can be harnessed for good.
Does humanity have a moral imperative to seed life on lifeless worlds? And should we avoid colonizing a planet if life already exists there?
Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.
Einstein's most famous equation is E = mc², which describes the rest mass energy inherent to particles. But motion matters for energy, too.
The Shirky Principle states that "institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
Soviet censorship was thorough yet fallible.
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Geniuses and prodigies are captivating. But generalists rule the world.
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If something exists, it is by definition natural.
But make sure you bring the fossegrim the proper offering—or else.
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Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life.
Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.
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