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If you thought all we could see is all that’s out there, prepare to rethink everything you knew. “It’s hard to build models of inflation that don’t lead to a multiverse. […]
What it would take to make a ‘mirror Universe’ a reality. The idea of parallel Universes has been around for over 60 years now, giving a theoretically physical existence to all […]
Here are some tips on how to beef up your EQ.
Either possibility offers a tremendous existence, but philosophically, there’s so much more to think about. “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, […]
Out of five vital questions, which one should we most desire the answer to? Despite all we’ve learned about physics, science, and the Universe before us, there are still some incredibly […]
It’s always been our brains.
Aging lithium-ion batteries have Apple, and other phone makers, in a corner.
You think the collapse of the Soviet Union was chaotic? You should have seen the start.
Last week, the crew found themselves in the mirror Universe. Here’s what science has to say about that. Star Trek: Discovery entered their midseason hiatus on a terrific cliffhanger: they had […]
George Bernard Shaw quipped that a rich man ‘does not really care whether his money does good or not, provided he finds his conscience eased and his social status improved by giving it away’. Was he right?
The Actors’ Gang Prison Project has spent ten years proving that teaching prisoners self-worth and emotional intelligence pays off.
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The first pop album composed and produced by AI, and Taryn Southern.
A new year. A new chance to make it big in the hyper-competitive field of commentary. Will you make the cut this week and get plucked from our 2 million Facebook followers?
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Writer Ariel Levy on the silence around the animal facts of women’s physical lives, her comically awkward experience with the shamanic hallucinogen Ayahuasca, and much more.
A new study shows how feelings of empathy can be potentially harmful to your health.
Once desire becomes suspect, sex is never far behind.
In her book, Rise of the Necrofauna, Britt Wray reports on the ethics and science behind de-extinction.
Neuroscientists are now starting to put TMR to work.
Despite accusations of racial stereotyping, most Dutch cities and towns keep the traditional blackface version of ‘Zwarte Piet’.
There is no reason for science and faith to be hostile to one another. If you want to figure out how the Universe works, you have to ask. Not by asking […]
You don’t have to wait for 2018 to know that it likely won’t be a year with 25+ magnitude 7.0 earthquakes. A new story based on a fascinating scientific paper […]
The research isn’t all negative.
CDP releases its 2017 A-List, that reveals more companies making serious efforts to combat climate change.
Mark Twain once said that God created war so that Americans would learn geography. Twain died before World War I, but his sardonic remark still has meaning.
The idea is just as ‘crazy’ as Einstein telling us that time slows down at high speeds, or Darwin saying that our ancestors were apes.
Does happiness require a rebellion against evolution?
AI won’t really resemble humanoids. Instead, AI will create a world that countries and large companies can live in.
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Optimism may be quantifiably keeping marriages together, especially after the so-called honeymoon period ends.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Biologist Richard Dawkins on speaking plainly, animal cruelty, Christopher Hitchens and so much more.