There are two main types of sexual fantasies. One, however, is more destructive than the other.
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For two decades she’s traveled the world, photographing humans in crisis. Pulitzer and MacArthur winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario on what it’s all taught her.
Our attention is more than just a resource. It is an experience.
Quoth the parrot — “Squawk! Nevermore.”
That’s one way to reduce the national debt.
Richard Feynman wrote a lot of things. Here, you can read his most touching letter.
When we split something into its most fundamental, indivisible components, are we truly seeing something that’s point-like, or is there a finite minimum size? Imagine that you wanted to know what […]
What role does beauty play in evolution? How does Darwin’s idea of natural selection apply to how we choose mates? Richard O. Prum, professor of Ornithology at Yale University, explains.
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Stress affects everyone, but there’s something you can do about it.
All life as we know it relies on carbon and water. But researchers speculate this doesn’t have to be the case.
When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.
Images revealing the power of Hurricane Florence enthrall us and terrify us at the same time.
The gem lapis lazuli is the source of luminescent blue in manuscript illustrations.
Harvard psychologist Susan David says she worries about the message that society promotes about focusing on happiness — that it may inadvertently result in greater levels of unhappiness. Happiness has become […]
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
Researchers find out why some people believe utter BS.
Was Oscar Wilde—witty author, gay rights icon, and lover of champagne and material beauty—a radical socialist?
When we call something ugly, we say something about ourselves – and what we fear or dread.
What’s the role of evil in storytelling?
Famous inventors and scientists submission to the daily grind
It may create the conditions for further inequality.
Yes, life exists in our Universe. No, that statement doesn’t equal science. Imagine you’ve encountered a natural phenomenon you want to understand better, but don’t have the tools to do so. […]
Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.
The photos were taken the same day as Russian cosmonauts investigated a mysterious hole discovered in one of the craft.
Congo is one of the most culturally diverse, mineral rich, and beautiful places on Earth. But the “heart of darkness” colonizers dreamed into being still bleeds. Daniel McCabe’s documentary This is Congo lets this wounded nation speak for itself.
Psychologists have found that, while we tend to judge our own vulnerability more harshly, we perceive vulnerability in others as courage.
Some experts say there’s no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.
You can become a tree or even the soil supporting it.
Even some teachers suffer from anxiety about math.
Hear Carl Sagan as you’ve never heard him before.