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Amazon’s blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods will lead to big changes in how we shop.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Actor Timothy Spall on the layers of contradictions and complexities that define a person, and what’s underneath.
Our way of life needs a skills upgrade, to reinstall certain old stoic ideas. Using your rights well needs “happiness bootcamp” skills.
Self-diagnosing celiac disease is a problem. Yet gluten is becoming an increasing issue for many.
Add sideways tornadoes to the list of things you can have when your atmosphere is as tenuous as Mars’ is. “This would be like an F8 tornado sweeping across the surface. […]
Since the moment humans became aware of their existence, they have been haunted by the knowledge that it will inevitably come to an end and the hope to change this […]
There are three types of intelligence that are necessary for success in life, says the noted psychologist Robert Sternberg.
This is the first vision test of a fetus from inside the womb.
More massive is bigger, less massive is smaller, right? That’s not even half the story. “Billions of years from now our sun, then a distended red giant star, will have reduced […]
It turns out most of the ocean’s plastic is coming from a single corner of the world.
It could be on the market in about five years.
Unless we take a more scientific approach to philanthropy, we risk spending a lot of money doing some very backward, ineffective, and inefficient things.
Do volcanoes contribute a significant amount of CO2 to the atmosphere compared to humans?
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Poet, playwright, and arts educator Liza Jessie Peterson on lessons learned teaching incarcerated youth on Rikers Island.
This isn’t an XZibit joke; it’s a real scientific question. And the answer may be that it’s possible after all. “People who work every day are kind of scared of things […]
Why is Machiavelli’s The Prince still relevant today?
A long-lost eight wonder of the world may have just been found in New Zealand.
There’s a link between American marijuana use and violent crime south of the U.S. and Mexico border… and even a link with avocados.
Participants receiving brain stimulation were more likely to solve difficult problems creatively.
Gravitational waves and electromagnetic ones don’t need to go together. But physics says it’s possible; what do the observations say? “The black holes collide in complete darkness. None of the […]
Memory illusions may be making us overconfident about our memory recall.
Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.
Over 1,100 teens in Australia exhibited low self-esteem and aggressive behavior linked to late-night phone and social media usage.
Staring into another person’s eyes for 4 minutes increases intimacy. Now we know which genes might play a role.
A new study suggests implanted pig cells may alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Education executive Jeff Livingston makes the case that our old higher-educational model is obsolete for our current reality.
What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says “free trade”.
What we think of as our average region of the Universe might not be average at all. “No matter what technique you use, you should get the same value for the […]