According to bushido, your life is of secondary importance to key virtues, like honor, loyalty, and justice.
A few key moments are linked to significant shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains why zero anxiety isn’t the goal.
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The Universe isn’t just expanding, the expansion is also accelerating. If that’s true, how will the Milky Way and Andromeda eventually merge?
Despite the vast number of planets in the Universe, Earth’s specific evolutionary history guarantees that its life forms — including humans — are utterly unique.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi’s atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
Ideal models of family life have been broken by societal, technological, and cultural shifts — and we need to rethink our options.
By probing the Universe on atomic scales and smaller, we can reveal the entirety of the Standard Model, and with it, the quantum Universe.
A high-fat diet might trigger inflammation of the hypothalamus.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
When what we predict and what we measure don’t add up, that’s a sign there’s something new to learn. Could it be a new fundamental force?
Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as “frisson.” What is it, and why does it happen?
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
Bad news: Sleeping in on the weekends probably won’t cut it.
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.
Studies on “growth mindset” interventions fail to show significant benefits.
It’s time to bring “friendship love” back.
How fast is the Universe expanding? Two major methods disagree. New JWST data, just released, strengthens this Hubble tension even further.
Smarter building materials can control indoor temperatures without external power.
Music is part of the human experience, which is why some philosophers have written about it. Some had wacky ideas.
Whether you call it 10 quintillion, 10 million trillion, or 10 billion billion, it’s a 1 followed by 19 zeroes.
Can targeted interventions save Americans?
Anger and silence are the two worst reactions.
The technology could yield “made-to-order resistance genes” to protect crops against pathogens and pests.
A 1.5-million-year-old hominin bone shows signs that the victim was eaten by lions — and humans.
Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.
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Some constants, like the speed of light, exist with no underlying explanation. How many “fundamental constants” does our Universe require?
Nature may not allow us full access to the weirdness of quantum mechanics.
Ethicist and doctor Simon Whitney argues that society’s overly cautious approach to medical research is blocking breakthroughs.