"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
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For decades, cinemas have earned more from concessions than ticket sales. But can their current business model survive in the streaming age?
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn't catch on.
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
Mongol forces never fully conquered the continent, but they played a key role in its historical development.
Pure cinema is about removing redundancy so that even the smallest detail serves a purpose in relation to the bigger picture.
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
Recent geopolitical turning points, like Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, were chapters in a story that extends decades back in world history.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
Mansa Musa, perhaps history's richest man, claims he ascended the throne of Mali after his predecessor sailed west and never came back. Could he have made it to the New World?
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.
The "island rule" hypothesizes that species shrink or supersize to fill insular niches not available to them on the mainland.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
After 70 years, "The Power of Positive Thinking" remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is widely regarded as one of the most gifted orators in human history. His writings can teach us a lot about the lost art of public speaking.
We don't know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.
The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it's real.
Hubble's deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe's galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
During the industrial era the cost of artificial light fell off a cliff — and the road to illumination was paved with ingenuity and slaughter.