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Discover the holistic and all-encompassing philosophies of the ancient East.
The rocket reached an altitude of 51 miles, meeting the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of space.
Unlike much of the United States, the South has a culture of honor. While this makes Southerners more polite, it’s also something of a double-edged sword.
The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.
These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology. Their stories continue to intrigue those interested in personality and identity, nature and nurture, and the links between mind and body.
Why the effects of aging are detrimental to being the U.S. president.
The billionaire entrepreneur predicts the rise of technology will soon force society to rethink the modern work week.
It’s easy to imagine why people link Heath Ledger’s death to his treacherous penultimate role.
Believe it or not, for a few decades, giving people “milk transfusions” was all the rage.
Books that will sharpen the youthful mind.
Richard Feynman once asked a silly question. Two MIT students just answered it.
Richard Feynman wrote a lot of things. Here, you can read his most touching letter.
The controversial protest tactic has a checkered history.
The beautiful courtship rituals of the Club-winged Manakin leave both the male and the female worse off physically, says evolutionary ornithologist Richard O. Prum.
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Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of ‘California as an island’.
Elite organizations tend to get conspiracy theorists going.
What role does beauty play in evolution? How does Darwin’s idea of natural selection apply to how we choose mates? Richard O. Prum, professor of Ornithology at Yale University, explains.
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Sobering accounts from one of the most pivotal battles in world history.
Need to know how an election will turn out? Call your bookie.
It’s not what you have, it’s what you do with it.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies recently unveiled the Quintero One, a hyperloop passenger capsule that can travel at a top speed of about 760 mph.
How important is it to consider a romantic partner’s genetic profile before getting married?
The Nazis actively searched for Atlantis, seeing it as important to their mythology.
Notice anything different? The biggest ideas of the 21st century just got a makeover.
Why do people buy into stories that are clearly lies? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.
The I Ching serves as a foundation for many Eastern philosophies and Western mathematics.