The separation of pleasure from procreation may occur throughout the cosmos, providing an explanation for the Fermi Paradox.
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We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
Think you should speak about 40% of the time in conversation? How about 70%?
For some reason, the charges on the electron and proton are equal and opposite, and their numbers are equal, too. But why?
What are we supposed to do when experts look at the same data yet reach starkly different conclusions?
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
Science doesn’t fit neatly into ideology.
Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?
If you want to sleep more, try working less, eating better, and exercising more. Alternatively, you could emigrate to Albania.
Explore how QBism reframes science by placing the observer at the heart of quantum reality.
We’re overthinking being nice.
Known as hypervelocity stars, we originally thought just one would be ejected every 100,000 years. The real number is much greater.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.
Is a repressed memory always so bad?
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
These initially sympathetic characters take readers down a dark path.
Explore how belief shapes destiny, from Oedipus Rex to modern geopolitics.
“Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body.”
For many people, a challenge to their worldview feels like an attack on their personal identity.
Should we be searching for life on other planets, or technology?
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
Becoming a renter in today’s economy may be a smart decision for some people.
The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.
Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.
Taco Thursdays and free yoga have their limits — for lasting workplace happiness leaders need to think about purpose.