Even the ones hunting for aliens aren’t excited. Here’s the reason why. In this world, there are very few issues more polarizing than the notion of aliens. For as long as […]
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Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an […]
If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]
A thought experiment from 1867 leads scientists to design a groundbreaking information engine.
A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.
Contact-tracing apps can be a useful tool for public health, but they have considerable false positive and false negative rates.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
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Can the main psychoactive ingredient of magic mushrooms help treat the world’s sixth most debilitating illness?
Dreams are weird. According to a new theory, that’s what makes them useful.
There were at least four major climate catastrophes that reshaped global religion. It could be happening again.
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No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.
Cartography is serious business in Switzerland — but once in a while, the occasional map gag slips through.
Truth might be hard to find, but we can take steps to eliminate common cognitive biases.
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A new study calls the technique “location spoofing.”
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Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.
Political partisanship might be a treatable condition.
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The way you speak might reveal a lot about you, such as your willingness to engage in casual sex.
Who needs steroids when you have the placebo effect?
Like autism, ADHD lies on a spectrum, and some children should not be treated.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use online ledgers, called blockchains, to record transactions. These blockchains are decentralized, meaning the permanent record is not stored in one location but exists on […]