Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
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Most people have a distorted view of what being a scientist is like. Scientists need to make a greater effort to challenge stereotypes.
In “Dear Oliver,” neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
When we fail to help in a bad situation, we are morally responsible. So, why don’t we pick up others’ litter?
The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.
From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally.
When justice isn’t tempered by something such as mercy, forgiveness, or nonviolence, efforts to make society more equitable often backfire.
Almost everything we can observe and measure follows what’s known as a normal distribution, or a Bell curve. There’s a profound reason why.
Since the 1980s, engineered monoclonal antibodies have been knocking out invading germs. Sperm may be next.
The world is full of great mysteries. This is one of them.
There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
Hippocrates overturned conventional wisdom and invented modern medicine.
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.
Through self-tracking and self-experimentation, we can greatly improve our cognitive capacity.
Science has come a long way since Mary Shelley penned “Frankenstein.” But we still grapple with the same questions.
He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football…
Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?
Fossils of Australopithecus in a South African cave are one million years older than previously thought. This challenges the consensus that humans first evolved in East Africa.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste. Still, focusing only on stench means turning a blind eye (or nose) to the many other smells that helped shape human history.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.