Many first-hand accounts from the golden age of piracy were grossly embellished, meaning it’s extremely difficult to separate Blackbeard the legend from Edward Thatch the person.
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Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
The Taupo volcano was responsible for one of the most violent eruptions on record.
The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.
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Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
You can’t control external threats, but you can manage how you prepare and respond to the risk.
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William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
There have been some 6,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks, which have claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. These maps show some of them.
Anxiety can be good or bad. It turns out that it’s really up to you.
To date, only one research vessel has ever encountered a milky sea.
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 […]
How do these little beasties detect light anyway?
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth’s fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
The unique light signatures of nautical beacons translate into hypnotic cartography.
You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.
When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.
The Earth is not flat. Here’s how you can prove it.
Did you know that American politics has become polarized? Shocking news, we know, but in case your news feed wasn’t evidence enough, Pew Research Center has been tracking the phenomenon […]
Preferring “bases not places,” the U.S. does not really resemble the empires of old.
Opponents of 19th-century American imperialism were not above body-shaming the personification of the U.S. government.
‘Dorozoku’ map crowd-sources the whereabouts of noisy kids in Japan – but who’s being anti-social here, exactly?
Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.
Interactive globe shows where your hometown was at various stages of Earth’s deep geological past.
Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the “least spooky” interpretation no longer works.
An artificial island in the North Sea is the biggest building project ever in Danish history – and could pave the way for many more.
Ancient corridors below the French capital have served as its ossuary, playground, brewery, and perhaps soon, air conditioning.