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A Yale study finds implicit racial bias in a study of 132 white and black preschool educators, but in different ways.
Hold’s team has created a system that transfers knowledge from more experienced members of an organization to those who need the information immediately to work on a deliverable.
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Nikola Tesla predicted drones, but also predicted their awesome power would unite us all. So far, the only weapon to do that was the Atomic Bomb.
Who are you? Good question. Harvard professor Michael Puett explores the idea of the “self”, and how what you believe to be your true nature may actually just be patterns you’ve fallen into.
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The Electoral College system is anachronistic, disillusioning, and unpopular. Here’s a better plan.
Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.
When the news media don’t do their job, comedians step in to ask the tough questions.
Meteorologist Cliff Mass explains why and how U.S. weather forecasting is falling behind.
Intuition is not a mystical realm of psychology, but rather unconscious pattern recognition.
Our Moon might even be a rarer occurrence for a Solar System than an ‘Earth’ is. “The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a […]
And just what did come before — way before — the Big Bang? “We are part of the universe that has developed a remarkable ability: We can hold an image of the world in our […]
Alcohol is only a truth serum for a brain that’s not working well, not your everyday brain.
As president, Donald Trump is uniquely positioned to bring America back to the Moon.
Do you know how your iPhone works? Because cybercriminals do. Futurist and global security advisor Marc Goodman explains how our void in tech knowledge lets hackers have a field day, and how to make yourself less vulnerable.
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Geobiologist Hope Jahren: studying the natural world of plants helps us transcend our human form, find joy and meaning in life, and feel more at home in this world we all journey through.
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Many women are unable to have children due to age restrictions on IVF. Dr. Dominic Wilkinson, Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, challenges the 4 most flawed arguments.
How the James Webb Space Telescope was made. “One way or another the first stars must have influenced our own history, beginning with stirring up everything and producing the other chemical […]
A recent report covered in Runner’s World says the sweet spot might just be forty miles a week.
Sure, we move through it just like space, but it was the aftermath of Einstein that led to us truly understanding it. “It is old age, rather than death, that […]
There are only two events in the universe that defy the laws of physics: black holes and the Big Bang, and while scientists try to explain them, crucial evidence may be eaten up in the meantime.
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Researchers possibly identify LUCA, the common ancestor to all life on Earth, and figure out where it lived.
SETI researchers have found a major radio telescope signal and are trying to nail down where it’s from.
Yale researchers create a groundbreaking device that utilizes two key concepts in quantum physics.
Professor Patrick McGovern, a world authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, describes how alcohol had a profound effect on early societies.
What would happen if gene editing fell into the wrong hands?
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
How a little knowledge can bring about some huge misconceptions… and how to fix it. “Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover […]
The Kardashev Scale measures the advancement of cosmic societies.
How do you fool a robot? It’s not difficult—machines are only good at what we tell them to do. But even still, many parts of our world may not be “readable” to some robots.