We don’t know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
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If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
We will have a better shot at improving our lives once we come to understand, know, and love the people we will one day become.
It’s a useful fiction — but it’s still fiction.
Before Rome was an empire, it was a republic. And before it was a republic, it was a kingdom ruled by seven mythical kings — some better than others.
Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.
Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the “oinker diet.”
Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.
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Just by observing the tiny amount of deuterium left over from the Big Bang, we can determine that dark matter and dark energy must exist.
There is no such thing as a void in the Universe.
Reject your Mental Map Oversimplifications.
In an age of high quit rates, struggling low-wage employees, and tone-deaf leadership, the call for “good jobs” makes great sense.
When Einstein gave General Relativity to the world, he included an extraneous cosmological constant. How did his ‘biggest blunder’ occur?
One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
Gamma-ray bursts are so powerful they could vaporize the Earth from 200 light-years away. Recreating them in the lab is not easy.
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed.
Hubble showed us what our modern day Universe looks like. JWST’s big goal was to teach us how the Universe grew up. Here’s where we are now.
A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?
Dive into a realm where time, space, and even reality itself are put into question.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
Your brain isn’t wired for happiness — but you can change that, explains Yale scientist Laurie Santos.
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Stephen Hawking once said, “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.” This crossword explores the global energy problem and its potential solutions.
With no other galaxies in its vicinity for ~100 million light-years in all directions, it’s as isolated and lonely as a galaxy can be.
Once a cosmopolitan faith, Islam valued intellectualism and modernity. It was derailed by various geopolitical and religious forces.
A new book by historian and author Paul Strathern argues that the Northern European Renaissance has long been overlooked.
Named “Phoenix,” this AI-powered humanoid could be your next coworker.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.