A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.
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And why you, a non-expert, should absolutely not consider “explaining what you know” to an actual expert in the field.
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
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When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
A battle between different kinds of love.
Shortly after planet Earth formed, life took a permanent hold on our surface. But just how common is such an outcome?
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
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.
An optical telescope with a massive 20-foot (6-meter) mirror has an eye-popping price tag of $11 billion.
These clocks burn powdered incense along a pre-measured paths, each representing a different amount of time.
Only 2% of Alzheimer’s is 100% genetic. The rest is up to your daily habits.
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I hate grading. I love teaching, though, and giving students feedback is teaching.
Legend holds that newly elected popes in the Middle Ages had to present their genitals for inspection to confirm that they were male.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explained recently.
MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop says women need to stop giving a damn what people think.
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You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
Forgetfulness isn’t always a “glitch” in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
After Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, a pathologist—searching for the secret of genius—removed, dissected, and ultimately stole the mathematician’s brain.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
Does your father say “I love you,” or express it in another way?
There really might be extraterrestrials out there, attempting to make contact. Here’s how science, not fiction, is attempting to find them.
Still, the author’s main argument wasn’t totally discredited.
As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.
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