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No matter how you define the end, including the demise of humanity, all life, or even the planet itself, our ultimate destruction awaits.

Though Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What’s puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.

A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.

What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.

In a state of “hyperwar,” accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.

Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.

Some economists predict China’s economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2028.

Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.

More than 300 years ago, a Spanish ship laden with unspeakable treasure sank after a battle. Because of greed, the treasure remains on the sea floor.

Achieving values and pursuing growth is the real secret to a fulfilled life.

Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.

While many imagine terrifying futures run by AI, Rohit Krishnan is quietly identifying real problems and solutions.

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently captured images that could help scientists better under the mysterious physics of our Sun.

We cannot deduce laws about a higher level of complexity by starting with a lower level of complexity. Here, reductionism meets a brick wall.

Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?

We should all pause to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of the Universe.

Researchers find a way to distort laser light to survive a trip through disordered obstacles.

Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.

Earth is not a benign mother. We have begun to witness what happens when it unleashes its fury.

Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.

The answer to this question depends on how you define “freedom.”

Billions of years ago, the ever-increasing entropy must’ve been much lower: the past hypothesis. Here’s how cosmic inflation solves it.

Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.

Just don’t expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.

We’re used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?

No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]

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The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.