From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.
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Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.
Six visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work.
The whole isn’t greater than the sum of its parts; that’s a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science.
Scientists find two 30-second techniques that prevent dizziness upon standing.
Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she’s leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.
The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity’s place in the world. Citizen science can help.
“A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny.” Does that mean anything to you?
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Long thought incapable of regenerating, we now know that brain cells can grow and reorganize. That, it turns out, is a mixed blessing.
Some neurology experiments — such as growing miniature human brains and reanimating the brains of dead pigs — are getting weird. It’s time to discuss ethics.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
These five great books should prompt us to work on what needs fixing the most in the world: ourselves.
When Cameroon’s Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.
The wise, the old, and the experienced matter to a full and happy life.
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
A new study upends a long-standing theory on how the brain plans motor actions in uncertain environments.
You open an app and start scrolling, then suddenly it’s an hour later. Sound familiar?
Artificial intelligence is much more than image generation and smart-sounding chatbots; it’s also a Nobel-worthy endeavor rooted in physics!
He is only out-sold by William Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.
We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.
Of the world’s 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.