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A paradigm should be elastic enough to accommodate new data and broad enough to explain the world. For Rupert Sheldake, ours does neither.
The platform is a digital Royal Society for today’s greatest minds — and it could play an essential role in shaping the next civilization.
Coming from just 280 million years after the Big Bang, or 98% of cosmic history ago, this new, massive galaxy is a puzzle, but not a mirage.
Having a vision isn’t enough to be an effective leader.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
If all massive objects emit Hawking radiation, not just black holes alone, then everything is unstable, even the Universe. Can that be true?
The “Doctor Strange” director says mystery shifts your worldview — “not in a metaphorical sense, but in a deeply experiential one.”
The marketing guru outlines the current state of brand-building — and highlights four outstanding opportunities for the immediate future.
There’s an old saying that “what you see is what you get.” When it comes to the Universe, however, there’s often more to the full story.
If you feel like you’re missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.
A thesaurus isn’t for finding fancy words; it’s a resource to help you keep your rhythm.
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The surface and atmosphere is colored by ferric oxides. Beneath a very thin layer, mere millimeters deep in places, it’s not red anymore.
In the tears and laughter of a single life, you find the grief and joy of humanity.
“Nobody expects a computer simulation of a hurricane to generate real wind and real rain,” writes neuroscientist Anil Seth.
Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?
You no longer need an army of followers to stand out as a writer — “one great piece is all it takes,” says Perell.
English could settle into a state of “diglossia” where a gulf exists between the written form and its spoken varieties, but the two are bound into a single tongue.
Harness the power of “respectful engagement” to make sure everyone in your team feels like they matter.
With stars, gas, and dark matter, galaxies come in a great array of sizes. This new one, Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1, is the smallest by far.
Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.
The cofounder and CEO of red-hot billing platform Metronome unpacks his leadership journey.
NASA astrophysics, which gave us Hubble, JWST, and so much more, faces its greatest budget cut in history. All future missions are at risk.
Just 10 years ago, humanity had never directly detected a single gravitational wave. We’re closing in on 300 now, with so much more to come!
According to Tolkien, fantasy requires a deep imagination known as “sub-creation.” And the genre reflects a fundamental truth of being human.
The fact that our Universe’s expansion is accelerating implies that dark energy exists. But could it be even weirder than we’ve imagined?
From medieval myths to Shakespeare’s plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.
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