It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
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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.
An interactive “globe of notability” shows the curious correspondences and the strange landscape of global fame.
Solving the supply chain crisis before the global economy tanks is going to require many creative approaches. Flexport’s Ryan Petersen has one that just might work.
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.
The first in a series of short stories by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author that inspired the cult hit “Pantheon.”
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
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.
You can’t control external threats, but you can manage how you prepare and respond to the risk.
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Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
Whenever the climate cooled, our hominin ancestors would set up shop in the Arabian Peninsula and vanish again when the planet warmed up.
The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.
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Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
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 […]
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
There have been some 6,000 Great Lakes shipwrecks, which have claimed an estimated 30,000 lives. These maps show some of them.
The Taupo volcano was responsible for one of the most violent eruptions on record.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
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.
You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.
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.
When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.
How do these little beasties detect light anyway?
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.
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 […]