Do right and wrong depend on culture, or does morality transcend place and time?
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Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?
Our economy is dominated by middlemen, including huge companies such as Walmart and Amazon. There are many benefits to going direct instead.
Stoicism says that we should change what we can, endure what we must. The company we keep is something we can, and often should, change.
The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.
What can ‘behaviorism’ teach us about ourselves?
Missing link? More like the weakest link.
From Aristotle’s lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant’s “scientific” racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
A new study tested to what extent dogs can sense human deception.
Knowing what to do is one thing, doing it is another.
For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.
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For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
Scientific surprises, driven by experiment, are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science.
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Are “humanized” pigs the future of medical research?
The wise, the old, and the experienced matter to a full and happy life.
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In New Zealand, ambitious Kiwis want to launch a lawn mowing business; in South Africa, it’s cooking gas refills. Start-up dreams vary widely.
Think therapy is self-centered? Think again.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.