Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.
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“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”
Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.
Since Ukraine originally meant “borderland,” the territory was already a target for several kingdoms.
Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
The most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) of the last half-millennium was usually named after foreigners, often the French.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?
The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one?
Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.
More and more business leaders are starting to lean on learning and development for support in facing essential challenges.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Admit it: you have no idea why a group of crows is called a murder. Here’s why.
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.
There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable Universe. Most are already unreachable, and the situation only gets worse.
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
OCD and addiction may result in part from improper “reward” pathways in the brain. Ultrasound can disrupt those pathways.
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it’s an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
The laws of physics obey certain symmetries and defy others. It’s theoretically tempting to add new ones, but reality doesn’t agree.
Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
Most things in the world can be seen in surprisingly different ways.
Hubble’s deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe’s galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
Shooting star or piece of space dust?
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
This flying car — more properly called an “electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle”
— will seat five and fly up to 135 mph.
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?