A longtime debate over Buddhism’s religiosity has drawn a line between metaphysics and action.
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We don’t have to stop inquiring or wondering about the far-flung vistas of reality, we just need to do it with some good old-fashioned logic.
Cutting through liberalism and conservatism, important thinkers are trying to navigate a polarized world. This often leads to uncomfortable confrontations.
After Beyoncé’s landmark Coachella performance, a look back at the biggest musical stars ever. It’s impossible to pick just one as the biggest, but fun to try.
It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. We experience ourselves as conscious beings, after all, in a way […]
The fascinating HBO documentary ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’ looks at Elvis’s practice of re-making black hits for his white audience. Was it cultural appropriation or just love of the material?
A new study addresses the question, while also raising even more questions.
The Dr. Data Show is a new web series that breaks the mold for data science infotainment, captivating the planet with short webisodes that cover the very best of machine learning and predictive analytics.
Philosophers aren’t known for their love lives, but a few have managed to be tragic romantics anyway.
The New England Patriots are a magnet for conspiracy theories, spawning a new one right before the Super Bowl LII.
The Brazilian government has been trying to answer this very question in its ever-growing prison population, which has doubled since the year 2000.
If you’ve ever wondered which part of physics covers which part of space, fret no more. Here is an awesome map that lays it all out.
The capabilities on this thing are both impressive and worrisome.
A new study investigates if pot smokers outperformed nonsmokers in creativity.
Is it ever okay to believe in things we consider to be impossible or extremely improbable?
Jellyfish have their tentacles all tangled up in our lives in ways we’re only dimly aware of.
The biologist Trofim Lysenko, blamed for millions of deaths, is experiencing a revival in Russia.
Could famous sinkings and disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have been prevented by advanced contemporary technology?
We often like to consider the ideas of great thinkers when looking at an issue. To that end, Albert Einstein once wrote an essay explaining why he was a socialist. We break it down here.
Here are five points from the World Economic Forum at Davos that can help men and women work together for gender equality.
Where does Valentine’s Day come from? Let us introduce you to the festival of Lupercalia, a festival when naked young men and women ran around whipping one another with animal hides.
Whether you are new to the workforce or a corporate executive, you may find yourself in the position of needing to write and present an effective message to a group […]
“Obviously, technology product and app designers seek to entice us to use their products. Few designers, however, are worried about the adverse effects of encouraging overuse.”
“No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness.” -Aristotle
Envisioning all possible outcomes is far healthier than only praying for the best.
Science and the arts both reward curiousness and uncertainty. They both attract great outside-the-box minds.
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Can scientists agree on a code of ethics? The World Economic Forum Young Scientists community just proposed a Code of Ethics, which was a topic of discussion at the recent World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Authors Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland on blurring the lines between science and magic.
A new game called Factitious aims to help people determine real from fake news online. Will this work? Exploring ways to be more media literate.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Author Salman Rushdie on the secret life of cities and so much more.