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Before Constantine received his history-defining vision, a pagan Sun god paved the way for Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into the Eternal City.
Benjamin Breen on his greatest revelations while writing about the birth of psychedelic science.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Fifteen volunteers in France just spent more than a month living in a cave — without any way to tell time — […]
Jokes so cheesy even French philosophers will love them.
In a time when we dislike and distrust our politicians, why can’t we get more popular leaders like Kim Jong Un and Bashar al-Assad?
The conventional wisdom may be wrong. Consulting Google for information about medical symptoms might not be as counterproductive as commonly thought, new research suggests.
Perhaps the whole Universe is the result of a vacuum fluctuation, originating from what we could call quantum nothingness.
Here’s how to avoid getting duped by the “dark patterns” of online businesses.
Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to the invisible cancer-causing gas.
Remote work is here to stay. Here are a few ways to enhance remote training in a post-pandemic future.
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
New research reveals the extent to which groupthink bias is increasingly being built into the content we consume.
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
“In order to seek truth,” Rene Descartes once wrote, “it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
Cam Lawrence — CEO of international venture platform Newlab — joins Big Think Business to discuss his strategic vision for climate tech.
A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?
Cognitive fatigue results from thinking too hard and long. Neuroscientists now believe they know why this occurs.
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
From machines to animals, there are many kinds of possible minds.
Science doesn’t fit neatly into ideology.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.