The “overview effect,” experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.
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We’ve all had days where the drive home has us fuming over some belittling comment a coworker made, gossip they’ve spread about you, or a meeting where they’ve taken credit […]
Today, it’s common knowledge, but it took scientists centuries to figure out.
Psychologists point to specific reasons that make it hard for us to admit our wrongdoing.
Some purveyors of “wellness” sure are sounding like right-wing conspiracy theorists.
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
Baruch Spinoza suggests how to lead a virtuous and blessed life.
Does history have a grand narrative, or is it just a random walk to no place in particular? And is the world as we know it about to change?
A good apology can do great things. A bad one can cause trouble. Know the difference.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
Teaching your child metacognitive techniques can improve their learning and life skills.
The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
There’s a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. Want to beat the speed of light? Try going through a medium!
If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]
Yes, the Big Bang is real, but what about what came before? If you ask anyone about the origin of some phenomenon that we’ve observed, they’ll usually default to the same […]
IceCube just found an active galaxy in the nearby Universe, 47 million light-years away, through its neutrino emissions: a cosmic first.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
Everything else in the universe is either a particle or field. Dark energy behaves as neither, and it may be a property inherent to space itself.
The more you like, follow and share, the faster you find yourself moving in that political direction.
Diogenes was no doubt odd, but Cynicism might just help our overcrowded lives.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
Information may not seem like something physical, yet it has become a central concern for physicists. A wonderful new book explores the importance of the “dataome” for the physical, biological, and human worlds.
A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.
The more horror we consume, the harder it becomes to find a good scare. These genuinely unsettling movies should get you in the mood for Halloween.
The British economic anthropologist Jason Hickel proposes “degrowth” in the face of recession.
The world is full of great mysteries. This is one of them.
These bizarre mollusks have the ability to regenerate their bodies and to absorb other organisms’ attributes.
Master negotiator Chris Voss breaks down how to get what you want during negotiations.
Differences in the way that the Hubble constant—which measures the rate of cosmic expansion—are measured have profound implications for the future of cosmology.