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Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
The amygdala can hijack your brain's response if it recognizes past trauma in a current situation. To regain control, simply press pause.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
Just as there are many types of believers, there's not only one type of atheist.
Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
It may seem as though top performers are always on, but the secret to their success is taking the time to recharge.
"The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials."
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
A photographer captured Bern’s eclectic and charming feline structures.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
Driving Teslas and planting trees are nice, but methane reduction, industrial efficiency, carbon removal, and a moderate carbon tax are the most efficient ways to fight climate change.
“Block. It puts some writers down for months. It puts some writers down for life.”
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
Creative people are better able to engage brain systems that don’t typically work together.
From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics' biggest surprise.
Still, the author's main argument wasn't totally discredited.
The Universe has asymmetries, but that's a good thing. Imperfections are essential for the existence of stars and even life itself.
In an excerpt from her recent book, the behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden carefully explores a topic that's often considered taboo: how genetics affect life outcomes.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
A marine scientist explains the threat of the Loop Current, a 800-pound gorilla of Gulf hurricane risks.
Professional astronomy images are the gold standard. But this Large Magellanic Cloud composite is the amateur community's best image ever.