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Einstein hated “spooky action at a distance,” but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
By building a learning culture, L&D leaders can equip their organizations to adapt to a business world that is transforming before our eyes.
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.
A new family of drugs is changing the way scientists are thinking about obesity.
The answer to this question depends on how you define “freedom.”
Most people seem to enjoy liberalism and its spin offs, but what is it exactly? Where did the idea come from?
Our brains believe $10 today is more tangible than $100 next year.
Hippocrates overturned conventional wisdom and invented modern medicine.
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the highest honor in medicine for their research into how human bodies make sense of and respond to the outside world.
Evidence shows that information is transmitted via “complex contagion.”
From “shell shock” to “combat fatigue,” the wars of the past century have violently illuminated the power trauma can wield over the mind and body.
Truth might be hard to find, but we can take steps to eliminate common cognitive biases.
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists has a cause, and what caused the Universe? It’s got to be God.
The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.
Information economics suggests that “no news” means somebody is hiding something. But people are bad at noticing that.
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Bitcoin is often derided as volatile, but a new report suggests there is a method to the madness.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
A team of biohackers is on a David-versus-Goliath mission to make insulin affordable to an increasing number of diabetics.
A new study finds that dogs fed fresh human-grade food don’t need to eat—or do their business—as much.
Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?
The year 2020 will go down in history as one that shook our inner and outer worlds.
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