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Are “humanized” pigs the future of medical research?
Even 1500 years after the fall of Rome, its western border can still be seen on German street maps.
The unique light signatures of nautical beacons translate into hypnotic cartography.
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Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
From novels to movies and beyond, this 11-course bundle will jumpstart your writing career.
“Deepfakes” and “cheap fakes” are becoming strikingly convincing — even ones generated on freely available apps.
Baruch Spinoza suggests how to lead a virtuous and blessed life.
When we rely on the conscious mind alone, we lose; but when we listen to the body, we gain a winning edge.
Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs, but even if you can’t join the Great Resignation, you can still pursue a do-over moment.
Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.
Find out the truth for yourself. If this past year has shown us anything, it’s how thoroughly we rely on high-quality expertise. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, it […]
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
What is human dignity? Here’s a primer, told through 200 years of great essays, lectures, and novels.
The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.
Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.
It’s not the caffeine; it’s the people.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
Even diehard fans are experiencing superhero exhaustion. But it’s not impossible to do something original.
Esoteric evidence points to a ritual performed by Queen Elizabeth’s court magician John Dee.
Hunter-gatherers probably had more spare time than you.
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
In a 2018 article, Gallup writer Ryan Pendell shared some frightening figures for business leaders. Public poll data showed that only a quarter of employees believed their leaders had a […]
The study found that people who spoke the same language tended to be more closely related despite living far apart.
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Think you can solve it? One mathematician has already offered about $1,000 and a bottle of champagne to whoever cracks it first.
“The function of private media is to make money for the people who own the media. It is a business,” Sanders said.