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How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
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“Language is the most distinctively human talent.”
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Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.
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Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
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While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.
There are a wide variety of theoretical studies that call our Standard Model of cosmology into question. Here’s what they really mean.
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