To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.
The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
The design was as intricate as that of modern-day, factory-fabricated denim jeans, and just as durable. The ancients had fashion.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
Pure cinema is about removing redundancy so that even the smallest detail serves a purpose in relation to the bigger picture.
With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you’d think.
Language influences how you visually process the world, which in turn influences your memory of it.
Simple “nudges” to remind people to show up for court could help keep thousands out of jail.
The brain implant lets her talk four times faster than the previous record.
The region of Catalonia has been at odds with greater Spain for over 300 years. The prospect of autonomy remains a distant and fading dream.
Today’s popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
The biggest, brightest galaxies are the easiest to spot, but the tiniest ones teach us about how the Milky Way assembled and grew up!
Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling “Land of Justice.”
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
Our one-size-fits-all approach to sex education hasn’t worked for a long time. Sex educator Emily Nagoski explains what we know (and don’t know) about the role neurodiversity plays in intimacy.
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American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
Art isn’t a side note in human history; it’s the main text.
Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
Millennials — who were raised to expect unlimited success but found only disappointment — can be drawn to manifestation.
Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.
“You’re not punished for failing, you’re punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success.
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Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
Wherever automation rises, religiosity falls.