We may have discovered alien life already but rejected the evidence too quickly because it seemed false at first glance.

From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.

If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.

Researchers found that the average penis increased in size from 4.8 inches in 1992 to 6 inches in 2021. But in some regions, they shrank.

The glorious sights that JWST keeps revealing are less than a millionth of the whole Universe. Just imagine what else is out there.

The initial study lays the groundwork for another larger, longer phase 2 trial.

Human thinking is antiquated.

Success is about give and take — with a little more give.

“Rational vaccinology” could lead to effective cancer vaccines.

In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn’t catch on.

“I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences.”

Eat your beans.

You can’t throw a DART at everything in space.

Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist’s crystal ball.

Train for any argument with Harvard’s former debate coach, Bo Seo.

Since its observation discovery in the 1990s, dark energy has been one of science’s biggest mysteries. Could black holes be the cause?

The danger posed by conversational AI isn’t that it can say weird or dark things; it’s personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.

Risk-taking isn’t inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t. 

When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.

When you combine the Uncertainty Principle with Einstein’s famous equation, you get a mind-blowing result: Particles can come from nothing.

Are quantum fields real, or are they simply calculational tools? These 3 experiments show that if energy is real, so are quantum fields.

Recent measurements of subatomic particles don’t match predictions stemming from the Standard Model.

It is a story with nebulous beginnings and no discernible end.

The golden rule of self-compassion: Treat yourself with the same kindness you treat others.

From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.

This productivity hack comes with an asterisk, explains note-taking guru Tiago Forte.

Even if a balloon flies directly overhead, attempting to shoot it down with a conventional firearm is stupid, ineffective, and dangerous.

In the West, discussions of 20th-century painting are dominated by Warhol and Picasso, but trendsetting artists are found everywhere.

If you get married in South Africa, don’t be surprised if someone shows up to the ceremony dragging along a smelly goat.

Catastrophes are difficult to predict because they are so rare. But AI using active learning can make predictions from very small data sets.