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Does your kid ask “Why” all the time? Do you want to help them search for answers to the big questions but don’t know how? Here are a few ways to encourage your little philosopher.
One of the latest things that has people all abuzz is the claim that Buzz Aldrin saw “an L-shaped object” when he went to the moon.rn
NGC 1052-DF2 was said to ‘defy theory,’ incorrectly, by many. Here’s what our current theories actually predict. Last week, astronomers announced the discovery of NGC 1052-DF2: a galaxy without dark matter. […]
Creative and original thinking takes both patience and practice. Because your brain is actively trying to fight it.
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What do pizza, heavy metal, and farts have in common? They’re all in our random fact roundup!
New research from UC Davis shows forty volunteers still experiencing cognitive gains seven years after an intensive retreat.
The Chinese government just banned the online sale of Bibles, yet another attempt at President Xi’s suppression of Christianity.
In the middle of the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting controversy, the Facebook founder has been erasing his private chats from Facebook servers. So why isn’t this an option for anyone else?
The study’s results have implications for marketers as well.
At the dawn of the AI era, where decisions made now could affect the future of mankind, regulation over tech giants is needed now more than ever.
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Though conventional wisdom suggests that birth order influences personality, newer research says this isn’t true. What is true is how powerful an effort to remain close to our brothers and sisters as we grow up can be.
Artificial intelligence threatens to take over our entire world. And that’s only the 2nd most scary aspect about this documentary shared by Elon Musk.
Who or what is God? One religion answers this question better than the others
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A new study echoes a key finding in a growing body of research on self-estimated intelligence: men tend to overestimate how smart they are.
Why are we so drawn to supernatural beliefs?
As human beings we all must do some work for basic survival—but how much? Is there a “minimum daily requirement” of work?
Sibling rivalries can lead to some impressive moments in history, how did these seven sets of siblings do?
Or maybe it’s already begun.
Scientists in Scotland find tracks of the largest animal that walked on Earth during the Middle Jurassic Period.
Including where to go, and when, for the most spectacular views. Against the backdrop of a dark, clear night sky, you can see the Moon, planets, stars, the Milky Way, […]
We are discovering that the subtleties of our psychological lives are being managed by specific modules in our brains.
How we define “inequality” is of utmost importance in trying to implement fair equality.
Saudi Arabia began closing its cinemas in 1979. Now, the government is reopening theaters in an effort to diversify and modernize its economy.
A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya.
The results have implications for psychology, neurology, robotics and A.I.
What are we really talking about when we debate the existence of God?
The paradox is one that Hawking himself claimed to have a solution to many times, but none of the proposals have held up to scrutiny. The paradox is still unresolved. […]
“Life is brutal, and becoming resentful about your relative position is a way to make it more brutal,” says Jordan Peterson.
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Love is like umami. Adulthood is accepting the schmo you are. Wordplay and worldbuilding with novelist Meg Wolitzer.