For Nietzsche, a great work of art can either veil the horror of reality or – better yet – help us face it.
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Until the Apollo missions, we had no idea how the moon got here, just a series of educated guesses. They rewrote the story of the moon’s origins.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi’s atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
Rejecting romanticism, these famous paintings depict war as it really is: sadistic and senseless.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
With sea levels rising, the Dutch are pondering floating cities — while also exporting their engineering know-how to turn a tidy profit.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
Humanity is in trouble. Here’s how aliens could help.
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
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.
Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
“Tristram Shandy” trolled its way to fame.
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
The fictitious 31st-century world portrayed by the series is actually quite a bit like our own in the 21st century.
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.
Light carries with it the secrets of reality in ways we cannot completely understand.
From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.
Climate activists’ brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
It’s not for climate science and condensed matter physics. It’s for advancing our understanding beyond spherical cows.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
Does history have a grand narrative, or is it just a random walk to no place in particular? And is the world as we know it about to change?
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.