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Billions of years ago, the ever-increasing entropy must’ve been much lower: the past hypothesis. Here’s how cosmic inflation solves it.
Physicists have yet to pinpoint the hypothetical matter that keeps galaxies from flying apart. Now they have a new focus.
Bears, chimps, or humans? A track of five poorly preserved footsteps at Laetoli has puzzled paleontologists for decades. Now, a research paper from Nature claims to have solved the mystery.
Although we still don’t know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here’s how to build an effective program.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
These DIY learning kits focus on topics like coding, robotics, and AI, and are on sale for as low as $41.99.
The first stars took tens or even hundreds of millions of years to form, and then died in the cosmic blink of an eye. Here’s how.
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.
Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is both completely normal and absolutely remarkable in a number of ways. Here’s the story of our cosmic home.
It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.
The long-standing debate over whether dinosaurs were more like birds or lizards is drawing to a close.
2023’s Nobel Prize was awarded for studying physics on tiny, attosecond-level timescales. Too bad that particle physics happens even faster.
On New Year’s Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
Find it easier to sort out your friends’ problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you’d think it’s a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.
Between the instability of the real estate market and cryptocurrency fluctuations, everyone has been talking about bubbles. But what are they, really?
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
Harmony and moderation make for a happier life.
Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.
New research finds that dinosaurs were already adapted to living in cold climates before the end-Triassic mass extinction. But how?
Blended learning reflects how people learn and develop naturally every day. Here’s how to put it into practice.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.