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From Atlantis to Thule, these mythical locales have captivated people's imaginations for centuries.
Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the "aliens" look like tiny humans.
Who doesn't love a little existential fear every once in a while?
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?
Socrates lived during a time when people did not strive to separate fact from fiction. So how much of what we know about Socrates is true?
The author of classics like "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises" is known and loved for his simple yet effective writing style. Here’s how to imitate it.
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
A basement renovation project led to the archaeological discovery of a lifetime: the Derinkuyu Underground City, which housed 20,000 people.
AI helped create films like "Jurassic Park" and "A.I.", so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn't worry about losing their jobs.
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
Humanoid robots are coming, and Ameca is designed to be the ideal platform to study human-robot interactions.
In scientific theories, the Multiverse appears as a bug rather than as a feature. We should squash it.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
When it comes to spotting a lie, less is more.
Time for a status check before watching "Moon Knight."
Many were expecting extremism survivor and free speech advocate Salman Rushdie to take home the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Annie Ernaux beat him to it.
Will you die when your body dies?
The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
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Sometimes you just want to hear, "I know what it's like."
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Two scientists recently wagered a bottle of whiskey. The bet? Whether we'll find evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.
According to literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, Dostoevsky's talents were on par with those of William Shakespeare.
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
Late-night shows, developed during the "golden age" of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
Although we still don't know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
The Swedish Academy honored the writer for his uncompromising inquiry into the lasting consequences of Africa’s colonization.