This question touches on one of the most fundamental issues that is addressed by anybody who thinks about mortality, the end of mortality.
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At Khan Academy, we talk about turning it into a global, one-world classroom.
I grew up in Europe during [World War II] and so I have a European attitude on the concept of occupation.
A new paper outlines the problems involved in relocating communities that are losing their land to climate change, and warns that other coastal areas could find themselves in the same position.
If you look at life satisfaction and what makes people satisfied with their lives, most of it has a lot to do with people’s goals.
The Communication Age is here, and it’s time we harness it. Why? Because informing is a one-way conversation between you and your employees, customers, or other stakeholders. And let’s face […]
Some of his biographers have claimed that Michael Faraday died of a broken heart because his idea of an invisible field of influence was rejected as idiocy by his scientific peers.
The most important task we have as any generation does is to raise the next generation, and to pass on the tools for living as sane people to the next generation.
As an employee, you have fundamental liberty and freedom and the ability to process your own ambitions and tensions.
It’s the sort of general purpose crowbar of rational argument where you take your opponent’s premises and deduce something absurd from them.
I remember wondering that day as I was getting ready to go to work if I should pack a toothbrush. A Superior Court judge was set to rule on […]
The presence of a pre-analysis plan can strongly affect the perception and production of statistical results.
We feel entitled to photograph everything, everywhere we go.
If you’re playing Rock-Paper-Scissors with God, then you should want quantum indeterminacy.
Is extreme weather the new normal?
Scientists at USC believe “Ellie,” a combination of sensors and software, could possibly revolutionize talk therapy by giving human therapists information on patient biometrics.
Irrational tendencies mark human existence. Some can be of service to you, such as the phenomenon of honoring what economists call “sunk costs.”
In the past, new technologies brought new jobs. Today, some experts foresee a future in which automation could take millions of people out of the workforce completely.
A study shows a substantial decline in general intelligence of 1.23 IQ points per decade or 14 IQ points since Victorian times.
His latest novel, Joyland, will be released on June 4 in print form only. Ironically, in 2000 King was one of the first major writers to make a story of his available exclusively in e-book form.
Great strategists are willing to invest in the future. They’re patient, they’re willing to make harder calls.
Nobody said putting a man or woman on the surface of Mars was going to be easy. As NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin explains in his new book, Mission to Mars, it’s […]
Reason magazine conducted a poll which showed that Obama won a majority of self-identified Libertarians. Let’s assume that’s true.
Faced with data showing the first-ever decline of pay-TV subscribers over a 12-month period, a skeptic of the phenomenon is starting to reverse his position.
If I were to give you advice on what to tell your daughter, who say, is a 13-years-old adolescent, I would definitely present all kinds of options to her as really valid.
A Wisconsin engineer has used a schematic briefly released online earlier this month to design a working prototype with a US$1,725 3D printer and $25 worth of plastic.
A recent report authored by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Agency argues that overcoming our squeamishness about eating protein-rich bugs may make the crucial difference in overcoming global hunger.
While film making has become increasingly decentralized, Hollywood is dreaming as big as ever. Several movie studios are set to begin massive expansion projects to attract new talent.
Recovering from debt means, of course, saving money rather than spending it. So growth that was fueled by debt accumulation not only halts, but is no longer supported by capital flow.
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