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1859’s Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
Even with leap years and long-term planning, our calendar won’t be good forever. Here’s why, and how to fix it.
Jains believe that karma weighs the soul down. This can be overcome through extreme asceticism, in which one slowly withdraws from life.
Studies show that religion and spirituality are positively linked to good mental health. Our research aims to figure out how and why.
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Albert Einstein and his theory of general relativity continue to amaze us to this day.
Scientists are solving the problem of costly energy storage.
Yet, if they only obey the rules that we know, there’s no way to explain why. One of the greatest puzzles in all of physics is that the laws of nature — as […]
An early feasibility study finds a potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Although the statue’s political connotations faded over time, its eyes remain fixed on a key moment in Florentine history.
In each of our minds, we draw a demarcation line between beliefs that are reasonable and those that are nonsense. Where do you draw your line?
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
There are a few possible solutions to the problem of interstellar travel, but they largely remain within the realm of science fiction.
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
The present-moment awareness that stems from mindfulness practices may be the cost-effective tool that our society needs.
Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.
Migrating our planet to a safer orbit might be the only way to preserve Earth after all the ice melts.
Though gloomy and dense, Russian literature is hauntingly beautiful, offering a relentlessly persistent inquiry into the human experience.
Often viewed as a theoretical, calculational tool only, the Lamb Shift proved their existence. If you spend enough time listening to theoretical physicists, it starts to sound like there are […]
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.
Yukio Mishima treated his life as if it were a story — one with a surprising and deadly final act.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
Is the Universe the same everywhere? Or are there truly ‘special places’ around? For practically all of human history, one assumption about our place in the Universe had long gone unchallenged: […]
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.