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Is hope more realistic than despair? Aquinas thinks so.

Math offers good evidence that humans can solve any problem — as long as there’s money in it.

Travel half the distance to your destination, and there’s always another half to go. Despite Zeno’s Paradox, you always arrive right on time.

We know more about the universe than what is beneath our feet. But Earth’s mantle holds subtle clues about our planet’s past.

Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”

Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.

The Siege of Leningrad lasted over two years and claimed nearly a million lives. It also inspired writers to record the bleak conditions in which they lived.

More than a decade ago, Armenia made chess a required subject in school because it teaches kids how to think and cope with failure. The U.S. should follow suit.

The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what’s that giant “cold spot” doing out there?

Behind the scenes, Hitler had at least three disastrous relationships, including a short-lived marriage.

Solitude, by itself, does not predict feelings of loneliness.

Neuroscience research suggests it might be time to rethink our ideas about when exactly a child becomes an adult.

Just 12 million light-years away, the galaxies Messier 81 and 82 offer a nearby preview of the Milky Way-Andromeda merger.

Wordle activates both the language and logic parts of our brain and give us a nice boost of dopamine, whether we win or lose.

Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.

If you want to have foamy beer inside the comfort of your own home, you need to invest in a special nucleated glass.

Dating of volcanic ash suggests the remains are at least 230,000 years old.

Those that were the best at math didn’t even show income satiation — there was no upper limit to how much money could make them happy.

The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.

What was once an art form has been drained of color and personality by ruthless algorithms. Can we make chess human again?

The catastrophic birth defect anencephaly affects about 1 in 4,600 pregnancies in the U.S. It is largely preventable with folic acid supplements.

Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.

“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”

Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.

Since Ukraine originally meant “borderland,” the territory was already a target for several kingdoms.

Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.

The most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) of the last half-millennium was usually named after foreigners, often the French.

Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?

The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one?

Flow occurs when a task’s challenge is balanced with one’s skill.