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When is a rabbit not a rabbit? When it’s a thought experiment designed to reveal the tricky tango of language and concepts.

We each have the same 24 hours in the day. How will you spend yours?

Unraveling the subtle mechanics of luck can help us better steer the wheel of fortune.

Don’t become one of those organizations that slouches toward positive behavioral change — here’s how to move fast.

When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.

Hospice nurse Julie McFadden shares three examples where people hold off death, just for a bit.

Featuring SpaceX’s “Mechazilla,” a first-of-its-kind spacewalk, and more.

“They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level.”

From “job crafting” to questioning our preconceived ideas about work, there are many ways to fight burnout and disengagement.

It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.

Is a repressed memory always so bad?

When you enter someone’s home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.

The founder of gourmet fast food juggernauts Pret and Itsu unpacks the meaning of success and what really inspires him.

Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.

It can be overwhelming to navigate the pains of life, but the iconic self-help author believes you can find yourself by answering just four questions

If happiness is an absolute good, would 1 billion slightly happy people be better than 1 million incredibly happy people?

An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.

Schopenhauer and Freud can help teams navigate the most prickly of collaboration problems.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here’s why.

See the 3 biggest space stories from October 16-22, 2023.

Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.

These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.

While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.

Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.

The bots started as windpipe cells, yet they helped nerve cells repair and grow.

The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.

“What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter.”

“Personality isn’t based on what we say we’ll do. It’s rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about.”