Forty percent of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep per night. But there’s another key ingredient we’re missing: dreams.
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An AI watchdog supported by Elon Musk releases a horrifying new film warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons in the near future.
We often bicker and argue over what our national heroes believed in. Why did Dr. King believe in moving towards socialism?
Could the upcoming Winter Olympics stand as a turning point, or will it be more of the same?
Last month, the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons released more than 6,000 prisoners early. The Sentencing Commission reduced their sentences retroactively. And the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill […]
NASA and SETI invite the public to nickname a small icy world, or pair of worlds, in the distant Kuiper Belt ahead of a New Horizons 2019 flyby.
Global security expert Richard A. Clarke explains the traits of a “Cassandra”—someone who predicts colossal disasters—and why people very rarely listen to their warnings.
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The history of women being elected to offices of supreme power is short. Here are 10 women who have made the most of that time.
Hans Monderman believed that societies could make roads safer by making drivers more uncertain, and therefore alert.
As more intellectuals seek a common ground between the left-right divide, these ten books offer insights on how to navigate challenging topics.
A physicist demonstrates how life may be a predictable product of thermodynamics.
Author and music producer Kabir Sehgal finds instruction on the true value of money running through the world’s sacred texts.
This week, Bill Nye tackles one of the most complicated hypotheticals of all time.
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“Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy both hold out hope for a more flexible ego, one that does not pit the individual against everyone else in a futile attempt to gain total surety.”
North Korea has a long history of making bellicose threats that defy global norms. So does that mean the country’s leaders are irrational, and will act irrationally?
If people figured out how to get along before religion, asks Frans de Waal, do we really need it?
Google is closing in on achieving a major quantum computing milestone.
Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers
“At times, it seems as if we are condemned to try to understand our own time with conceptual frameworks more than half a century old.” Historian Niall Ferguson says it’s time for an update.
Over 1,100 teens in Australia exhibited low self-esteem and aggressive behavior linked to late-night phone and social media usage.
Unpredictable winters? Seasons that don’t line up? It’s possible with the right configuration, says physics. “Lord of Light! Come to us in our darkness. We offer you these false gods. Take […]
How likely are you to help a stranger? What if you were in a war zone? If you think that the desperation of conflict really brings out the worst in people, you might be surprised.
Anxiety can be a force for good, writes Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön.
Einstein believed his greatest blunder to have been the retraction of one of his equations but, as writer David Bodanis tells, the great scientist’s misstep actually happened immediately after.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the nature of time and the conundrums of time travel in a recent interview.
Retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis is known as “Chaos,” “Warrior Monk,” and “Mad Dog.” The names reflect his blunt way of speaking, and his ability to get results.
The causes of hit products are themselves uncausable. ‘Hit Makers’ by Derek Thompson explains why we know how to make songs, but not hits.
Before we had the right to vote, we had the right to protest, says journalist Wesley Lowery.
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This study reminds us that we are stardust, operating under the same laws as any other form of matter.
How an ancient text, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, may be influencing the actions of powerful Trump advisor Steve Bannon.