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Augustine’s theology came to define Christianity, but there was a rival theology.

Is there victory in defeat?

The whole isn’t greater than the sum of its parts; that’s a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science.

There was a lot of hype and a lot of nonsense, but also some profoundly major advances. Here are the biggest ones you may have missed.

“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”

The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.

Diversity training is easy to get wrong. Here’s how to build an effective program. 

What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?

In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?

Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?

Commodus lived the anti-Stoic life, pursuing lust, narcissism, and self-indulgence.

Utopia is like a John Lennon song but with golden toilets.

You don’t need to completely automate a job to fundamentally change it.

If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?

The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”

As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)

All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.

Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.

Your life is far more arbitrary than you might think.

Despite the recent headlines, it’s an extraordinarily unlikely proposition. Have you ever wondered, if it were possible to travel through space straight ahead as quickly as you could imagine, if […]

The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is the event of a lifetime.

Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult.  The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]

One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn’t as cruel as you think.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

We frequently say it’s 2.725 K: from the light left over all the way from the Big Bang. But that’s not all that’s in the Universe.

From “mutilated males” to “wandering wombs,” dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.

At all distances, the Universe expands along our line-of-sight. But we can’t measure side-to-side motions; could it be rotating as well?

Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.

The famous social robot is about to start rolling off the assembly line.