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About 2.5% of women and 2.2% of men in the U.S. meet the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder.
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A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
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Regardless of your age, incorporate the piano into your life for better health.
A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
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Thinking about the problem of meaning is unsettling because it introduces us to a list of solutions that all feel a bit insane.
With launch, deployment, calibration, and science operations about to commence, here are 10 facts that are absolutely true.
Could we finally detect the elusive Unruh effect?
By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren't typical?
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