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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The quantum world is one in which rules that are completely foreign to our everyday experience dictate bizarre behavior.
You only have 4,000 weeks of life. Use them wisely.
"All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist."
7mins
A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.
8mins
He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
3mins
Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
4mins
Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.
Foster your own moments of mystery.
We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
You are trapped in time. You never live in the world as it is but only as you experience it as it was.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?
Humanity is in trouble. Here's how aliens could help.
6mins
Financial expert Paula Pant explains how you can afford anything, but not everything.
All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.