There is an old adage, “take stock of the company you keep”. As it turns out, we are more tolerant of people who have similar negative personality traits as us.
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The season finale gets the one thing Star Trek is famous for — ethics — completely wrong. Life is full of dilemmas whose solutions seem paradoxical. To obtain peace, you must prepare for war. […]
The iconic physicist warns that we’d better find another planet in the next 100 years, or humanity is screwed.
Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal discusses a three-step process to shift your mindset when anxiety creeps in.
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New research claims religious terrorism is on the rise, and it appears that it’s going to get worse before we see a decline in such horrendous acts.
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Want to think more creatively? Move your body, and move away from your emotional baseline—in any direction.
For the first time, the gravitational wave sky and the astronomical sky might be coming together. It’s a new era, at long last. “Presently thought to be the most powerful explosions […]
That’s a big yes, as an incredible new study from University of Melbourne researchers found.
Where are the four “horsewomen” of new atheism? Well, here are two of them, secular scholars Rebecca Goldstein and Susan Jacoby.
Scientific American video explains the evolutionary value of human emotions.
From its symbolism within the Seven Kingdoms, to its political allegory for all of us beyond it, the season seven finale is an epic set-up for the final showdown.
The spreading of misinformation and doubt has undermined support for climate change. Despite broad consensus from climate scientists that humans are largely responsible for climate change, only 27% of Americans think there is agreement. New research points to a possible way to “vaccinate” against this misinformation.
Australia could soon ban unvaccinated children from attending preschools nationwide.
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Welcome to Star Trek: Discovery. From science to ethics and more, how does the new series’ debut stack up? “If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a […]
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Since the March for Science was planned, it’s been mired in controversy from both supporters and those who think it’s politicized.
Something’s got to be wrong. But is it what we think about the star, the Universe, or something else? “The older you get, the more you realize that the way […]
How are we preparing for the massive disruption that AI and automation will have on the workplace? We’re not. Despite a PwC report stating that 38% of American jobs may be automated in the near future, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin states that losing jobs through AI is “not even on our radar screen.”
“Space-time is not as static as it appears, it’s constantly moving,” one researcher said.
Yale psychologist Paul Bloom suggests a bit of reason in your feeling in his new book, Against Empathy.
While relationships can damage us, they can also be a source for healing.
It may be the only way to save the USA — and the world — from alternative facts. “If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.” –Ernest Rutherford There […]
The beloved honeybee has more in common with vertebrates that anyone thought.
“My theory is true, if I do say so myself.” SPOT stands for “Spontaneous Preference For Own Theories,” and it’s a newly identified cognitive bias.
Faces convey many important signals, but our ability to perceive the measured intelligence (IQ) of another person is contingent on the gender of the subject.
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