Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
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All of the matter and radiation we measure today originated in a hot Big Bang long ago. The Universe was never empty, not even before that.
Einstein’s relativity overthrew the notion of absolute space and time, replacing them with a spacetime fabric. But is spacetime truly real?
Experiments tell us quantum entanglement defies space and time.
The danger posed by conversational AI isn’t that it can say weird or dark things; it’s personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Science is a method of inquiry about nature, while scientism is philosophy. And scientism is no longer up to the challenge of meeting the most pressing issues of our day.
Light carries with it the secrets of reality in ways we cannot completely understand.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present.
Some constants, like the speed of light, exist with no underlying explanation. How many “fundamental constants” does our Universe require?
From Aristotle’s lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant’s “scientific” racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
Studying the display of personal wealth across time can help us better understand the history of socioeconomic inequality.
Is there any good reason for assigning North and South the way we do, or could we have just as easily done the reverse?
Outrage is a useful emotion that helped our ancient ancestors survive. Today, it leaves us feeling angry, tired, powerless, and miserable.
Only talk about the weather?
Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.
Up until 2002, we thought that the heaviest stable element was bismuth: #83 on the periodic table. That’s absolutely no longer the case.
You can’t throw a DART at everything in space.
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn’t that violate…something?
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
More work is needed before declaring the technique a fountain of youth.
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
The Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, despite expectations, revealed a null result: no effect. The implications were revolutionary.
Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?