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“I should be as happy as I’m ever going to be right now, but I’m not. Is this it?”
The assumption “that without memory, there can be no self” is wrong, say researchers.
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
Think you’ve seen sand? You haven’t seen sand.
The 8th century AD was a tough time to be a genius from a poor family in China. Poet and novelist Ha Jin on the tortured life of the legendary drunken poet Li Bai. Also: panpsychism, the value of idleness, and humanities education in America today.
You’d be amazed at what you can learn from even one single pixel. Over the past decade, owing largely to NASA’s Kepler mission, our knowledge of planets around star systems beyond […]
The keto diet can help with weight loss, but at what cost?
Finland and the U.S. have chosen opposing answers to the question of how much standardized testing is too much.
Are these two laws universal throughout nature?
It’s not just ostriches who stick their head in the sand.
The Universe is filled with something, as opposed to nothing, and scientists don’t understand it. When we look around at the Universe: at the planets and stars, at the galaxies […]
…and hopes for big benefits.
Throughout history, anarchists have been responsible for bombings and assassinations, including some very recent ones.
He’s enflamed conversation about socialism across America.
Are Americans growing more skeptical of promises of investment from massive (digital) companies?
What’s in your tummy might affect what’s in your head.
Just because you have unconscious bias doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. It just makes you human. Amway’s Claire Groen cites the quote that made her feel better about her […]
A study looks at the chemistry of couples engaged in different activities.
Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.
The present? Blink and you’ll miss it. And other musings on time.
Scientific discovery often happens when you least expect it. But no one could’ve expected this. Imagine that you’re a scientist, going out on a limb to design and build an experiment […]
The same 32 symbols show up in prehistoric European cave art.
“Our findings are not good news,” says Brendan Godley, of the University of Exeter.
In one generation, the climate of many American cities will experience a noticeable shift.
We know that life is possible on an Earth-like world around a Sun-like star. But can it find a way on a Super-Earth? When it comes to the origin of […]
Interestingly, electrically stimulating the cingulum bundle also seems to reduce anxiety.
Jamie Aten is an expert on the science of dealing with Really Bad Things.