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From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids’ reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
From how life emerged on Earth to why we dream, these unanswered questions continue to perplex scientists.
“If we find just one other example of biology out there, then life is not an accident.”
Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.
Your subjective experience might not end the moment your heart stops, research on near-death experiences suggests.
The Universe is grand, awe-inspiring, and greater than we likely imagine. Even astrophysicists get anxious thinking about it, but we cope.
A wide-scale examination of early Neolithic human skeletons reveals the violent history of a supposedly peaceful period.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
“Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body.”
Asking the wrong questions can hold you back. Natalie Nixon explains how to ask divergent questions to become a great thinker.
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Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.
If the “self” is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
Plants at room temperature show properties we had only seen near absolute zero.
Ancient helium-3 from the dawn of time leaks from the Earth, offering clues to our planet’s formation. A key question is where it leaks from.
If our goal is to effect the greatest possible progress, what would it look like to approach this holistically? What might need to dispositionaly in how we approach solving our most important problems—at an individual level, a community level, or at a civilizational or global one? We asked our experts to think big picture about how what new thinking would be required to create a larger pro-progress framework.
The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it’s a way to complement existing human tasks.
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
From health to leadership abilities, a good sense of humor can help improve many aspects of life.
The power of play: our forgotten lifehack.
Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.
We all employ heuristics to help us deal with the world. But when we make a hasty generalization, we risk making a big error in our thinking.
Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
The authors call it “wildly theoretical” — but let’s take a look, anyway.
Modern memory athletes use this ancient technique to memorize thousands of digits of pi.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
Maybe the brain isn’t “classical” after all.
Luck doesn’t fall from the sky. It’s about how you position yourself for life’s challenges.