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Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
In the very early Universe, practically all particles were massless. Then the Higgs symmetry broke, and suddenly everything was different.
When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with “meraki.” When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.
Though Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the “orbital perspective.”
He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
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If a person stands little chance of ever being wealthy, perhaps playing the lottery is a rational decision.
Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.
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 less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.
The mindless implementation of AI tools can come at a cost for our teams. Here are some red flags and solutions.
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
Life arose on Earth early on, eventually giving rise to us: intelligent and technologically advanced. “First contact” still remains elusive.
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.
An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
Northern lights in the American South, clusters of huge geomagnetic storms—the Sun is throwing a tantrum right on schedule.
At least one of Earth’s creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you’re a man). But there is a downside.
Depression applies to individuals and businesses alike — and so does the solution.
To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
The “little red dots” were touted as being too massive, too early, for cosmology to explain. With new knowledge, everything adds up.
Journaling helped Marcus Aurelius cultivate the emotional intelligence necessary to steer Rome through turbulent times.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Scientific data shows otherwise.