Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.
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On a cosmic scale, our existence seems insignificant and inconsequential. But from another perspective, humans are completely remarkable.
Neuroscientists hope to learn more in the hope of finding a way to reverse dementia.
The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.
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Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
In the quest to measure how antimatter falls, the possibility that it fell “up” provided hope for warp drive. Here’s how it all fell apart.
“I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places.”
“By 2040, we hope to see a number of new drugs that have been designed with AI reaching patients.”
Through humility, the old arrogance of infallibility crumbles. And in that there is genuine hope to prevent wrongful convictions.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.
In 2023, data from the James Webb Space Telescope soured hopes that TRAPPIST-1 c had an atmosphere. That disappointment might have been premature.
U.S. particle physicists recently recommended a list of major research projects that they hope will receive federal funding.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form — and hope for another spot to search for life.
For J.R.R. Tolkien, the single most important element of a fairy tale was the dramatic reversal of misfortune in the story’s ending.
Sci-fi enthusiasts have long hoped that a substance called antimatter might experience gravity opposite that of ordinary matter. It doesn’t.
If life is common in the Universe, then where is everybody? Known as the Fermi Paradox, a new project may help solve the riddle.
Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.
CERN’s NA64 experiment used a high-energy muon beam technique to advance the elusive search for dark matter, offering new hope for solving one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
More than 90% of ticks that bit treated volunteers were dead within 24 hours.
By creating a type O kidney, they hope to make more organs available for transplant.
What do the dark recesses of the early Universe and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have in common? More than you could have ever hoped for.
The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer’s breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.
It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.