Claims of a “loneliness epidemic” aren’t based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it’s not worse than it was in the past.
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The Church of England is debating if believers should stop using gendered language when talking about God.
The catastrophic birth defect anencephaly affects about 1 in 4,600 pregnancies in the U.S. It is largely preventable with folic acid supplements.
As recently as 1990, we didn’t know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we’re deep into the weeds of how they form.
Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause “canine autism.”
Though Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.
Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life’s emotions — even the negative ones.
Western societies seem to be getting inflammation achingly wrong.
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
Psychologist Adrian Furnham has termed this effect the male hubris, female humility problem.
Genetic profiles of many dog breeds appear as if siblings mated.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
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The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
In terms of the planets we’ve discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
The chances that a newborn survives childhood have increased from 50% to 96% globally.
Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There’s no evidence for oceans or life.
Mutations that confer malaria resistance occur more frequently in people who live in regions where the disease is endemic.
Scientists may have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday […]
In 1990, we only knew of the planets in our own Solar System. Today, the exoplanet count is more than 5000. Here’s what we’ve learned.
Talking about money with loved ones is awkward. Here’s how to do it.
“Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world.”
In 1990, we only knew of the ones in our Solar System. Today, we know of thousands, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.