The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.
Many galaxies really are ultra-distant, but some are just intrinsically red or dusty. Only with spectroscopy can JWST tell which is which.
The cathedral is being explored as never before.
“Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
Explanations for the cosmic speed limit often conflate mass with inertia.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all uni-plate planets, and may always have been. Here’s what’s known about why Earth, uniquely, has plate tectonics.
Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them “easy to get to, but not worth arriving at.”
Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.
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A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a “holy grail” of psychiatry.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
We are about to learn a lot more about the most elusive of cosmic particles.
This is the latest study to confirm that the brain does not fully mature until at least the third decade of life.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
Your sexual education was probably inadequate. Here’s the information you always needed.
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Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?
Temperatures in the Sun’s core exceed 10 million degrees Celsius. But how on Earth did we actually come to know that?
Financial setbacks are more common than you might think.
Not everything that claims to be “scientific” actually is. There are five features of scientifically rigorous studies.
Humiliating powerful people was not a key to success.
With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.
Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you’re a man). But there is a downside.
What do we mean by a black hole’s size? A photon sphere? The minimal stable orbit? The event horizon? The singularity? Which one is right?
Yoga is more than just standing on your head. It’s about uniting with the divine.
Having a “buff” skeleton prevents infirmity in old age.