All religions have totems, rites, and taboos that are considered “sacred.” Émile Durkheim believed society is largely underpinned by them.
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People can lose their authentic selves when they don’t honestly confront life’s potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what’s the full explanation behind it?
An accident left this musician with one arm. Now he is helping create future tech for others with disabilities.
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It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of “Shift,” explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.
If humanity lives in an otherwise barren Universe, we’ll have to forge philosophy that fills the void.
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life’s biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
A radical redesign of commercial aircraft, called the flying-V plane, could increase fuel efficiency by 20%, greatly reducing emissions.
It’s all well and good to discuss how our humanity evolved – but what even is humanity?
Fifty years of research on children’s toy preferences shows that kids generally prefer toys oriented toward their own gender.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
For some reason, the charges on the electron and proton are equal and opposite, and their numbers are equal, too. But why?
In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that even black holes don’t live forever, but emit radiation and eventually evaporate. Here’s how.
Join the lauded author of Range in conversation with best-selling author and poker pro Maria Konnikova!
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There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.
What do communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have in common with U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan? Hint: It’s the same thing they have in […]
The story of China is the story of global economics.
New studies stretch the boundaries of physics, achieving quantum entanglement in larger systems.
What makes a face trustworthy, anyway?
Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Quantum entanglement may remain spooky, but it has a very practical side.
Russia’s cyberattacks against Ukraine have been prolific and ongoing for several years. The future of war may begin in cyberspace.
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?
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Empty space itself, the quantum vacuum, could be in either a true, stable state or a false, unstable state. Our fate depends on the answer.
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.