In his book, The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu claims we now worship celebrities like deities. This can lead to all sorts of problems.
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The Olympic Games are the perfect backdrop for international propaganda.
It’s called change blindness, and you probably have it.
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality are already a big part of the travel industry.
It took the Universe 9.2 billion years to create the Earth, and another 4 billion for complex life. Could we have gotten there faster? The story of how the Universe came […]
This year’s prize represents not just a single example of brilliant work, but generations of advancements that led to it. Every year, the most prestigious prize in the most fundamental of […]
We can “read” genes with ease now, but still can’t say what most of them “mean.” To show why we need clearer “causology” and fitter metaphors, let’s scrutinize cars and their parts like we do bodies and genes.
No, these kiosks at McDonald’s are not because of the Fight For $15.
Hitler and other Nazis were fond of a strange theory that the world was made of ice.
Conspiracy theorising may be a symptom of a breakdown of trust in institutions like the government and the media.
Today, we are in the golden age of meltdowns. More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up.
Just how equal in size are the populations of Europe and North America?
Researchers figure out why we feel like time is speeding up as we grow older.
Knowing who you are can stop you from becoming who you want to be.
Can scientists agree on a code of ethics? The World Economic Forum Young Scientists community just proposed a Code of Ethics, which was a topic of discussion at the recent World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, and Maya Angelou all had different approaches to writing. Here’s some of their best advice.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Comedy writer and producer Scott Aukerman on Michael Bolton, transgression in comedy, and cultural turmoil in the USA.
The scientists have traced the signals to just 180 million years after the Big Bang, making the detection the earliest evidence of hydrogen yet observed.
There’s a big reason no one, not even Stephen Hawking, could fill Carl Sagan’s shoes. Everyone has a unique story to tell. For scientists, that story is one that usually only […]
Why are the prices of cryptocurrencies so volatile? Are initial coin offerings (ICOs) worth your investment? Bitcoin and other digital currencies created an entirely new market with its own rules.
In her enlightening new book, Blue Dreams, Lauren Slater covers the history of psychotropic drugs.
California prisons are about as off-off-off-off Broadway as it gets—but that’s where the emotional tools of theatre can make the biggest difference to people’s lives.rn
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Most stars obey very similar rules, making them almost entirely predictable. But then, there are the weirdos. Catch this live-blog event to learn more. When we look out at the Universe […]
A major clinical trial finds that diet quality beats calorie counting for the best weight loss strategy.
CERN’s LHC has just found evidence of the odder on quasiparticle after a 44-year search.
New research in psychedelics is showing them to be a powerful antidote to depression. We need to implement them into therapy.
Employees at 32M, a company based in Wisconsin, now have the option of getting microchipped. Workers implanted with the RFID chip will be able to open doors, store medical info, and pay for purchases. Should this be the future workplace?
All the answers may lie at the center of a “regular” black hole.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. NY Times bestselling author George Saunders on cyborgs, ghosts, ego and loving your enemy.