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We give it the flight plan, and it takes care of the rest. It has to. Here’s why. No matter how advanced our technology becomes, there are certain limits that can […]
The 57-year-old is teaming up with NASA and SpaceX for the film project, which is to be set aboard the International Space Station.
The Baltic nation rolls out an unlikely tourist attraction: 47 weird ice cream flavors.
A massive Dating.com study reveals just how important politics are in the dating world right now.
Parenting could be a distraction from what mattered most to him: his writing.
Here’s how to exercise your curiosity and truly experience the world.
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Early reading experiences play an important role in brain development.
Though what constitutes “getting old” for women in America has been a moving target throughout US history, it has rarely been a picnic. But our history’s also full of women who have raised hell and pushed back in a hundred different ways against the cultural and literal corsets America keeps trying to stuff them into.
Forensic cartography 101: Explain what Brasilia is doing on this map of 1920s South America.
This map of Europe’s 20 most populous islands holds a few surprises and unlocks a truckload of trivia.
In a new study, people who posted a lot of selfies were generally viewed as less likeable and more lonely.
The more we learn about genetics and the brain, the more impossibly complicated both reveal themselves to be.
The Big Bang started it all. And then we realized there was more. Of all the questions humanity has ever pondered, perhaps the most profound is, “where did all of this […]
Stone stackers enjoy the practice as a peaceful challenge, but scientists warn that moving small stones has mountainous consequences.
CERN’s bold new proposal has physicists confronting the biggest question of all: is building a new collider worth it? If you want to discover anything novel about the natural, physical […]
Average waiting time for hitchhikers in Ireland: Less than 30 minutes. In southern Spain: More than 90 minutes.
We found 10 video games that kids will love (and they’ll secretly be learning, too).
The most popular books of the past 125 years, and where to get them.
Torn between absolutism on the left and the right, classical liberalism—with its core values of compassion and incremental progress whereby the once-radical becomes the mainstream—is in need of a good defense. And Adam Gopnik is its lawyer.
Before you judge someone’s personality based in their playlist, you may want to read the results of this study.
Why does time flow in one direction? Why do humans perceive time so differently than it really is? Is there really a difference between the present, the past, and the future? These books explore these questions and more.
Few scientific ideas have been as polarizing as string theory. There are good reasons to both love it and hate it. String theory is perhaps the most controversial big idea in […]
In this short video, he compares the outset of Buddhism with the biblical garden.
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In 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote: “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” That’s more true today than ever.
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Books that will sharpen the youthful mind.
The famed German filmmaker offers his thoughts on reading during Eric Weinstein’s podcast.
The catacombs of Paris. Secret graffiti beneath NYC. The hidden cities of Cappadocia. Writer and explorer Will Hunt is your philosophical tour guide to what lies beneath.
The Portal promises to be a deep dive into the possible.