It’s a common misconception that to be a Stoic is to be in possession of a stiff upper lip.
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Thought expriments are great tools, but do they always do what we want them to?
Even without the greatest individual scientist of all, every one of his great scientific advances would still have occurred. Eventually.
How many potentially habitable planets are there? We sincerely don’t know. One of the most compelling scientific goals humanity has set for itself is to find extraterrestrial life: biological activity originating […]
Because of our ability to think about thinking, “the gap between ape and man is immeasurably greater than the one between amoeba and ape.”
A new study sheds light on the final supernovae of the Universe.
Deniers will never stop misleading others. Here’s the truth. Every so often, advocates of a fringe theory — one that doesn’t fit the evidence as well as the mainstream theory — do what they can […]
Quantum physics isn’t quite magic, but it requires an entirely novel set of rules to make sense of the quantum universe.
When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
There is no going “back to normal.”
An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein’s dream may have been a terrible mistake.
In recent years, women have made incredible strides in the business world. Forty-one women currently lead Fortune 500 companies. While that remains an unacceptably low percentage (8 percent) overall, it […]
The planet is making a lot less noise during lockdown.
When the COVID-19 crisis is over, how will education have changed? Will we have made the most of this moment?
When one group says “A” and another group says “B,” consider that everyone might be wrong. One of the biggest enemies of scientific truth is the setup of a false dichotomy. […]
Batrachopus grandis, an ancient crocodylomorph, may have chased down land prey on its own two feet.
“The results change the perception of who a Viking actually was,” said project leader Professor Eske Willerslev.
And, at some point, did the Milky Way lose ours? There are some 400 billion objects flying through the Milky Way galaxy with enough mass that — if they were all made of […]
Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]
If a crisis like this only comes once in a hundred years, so does this opportunity.
If the idea of freedom bound Camus and Sartre philosophically, then the fight for justice united them politically.
The expansion rate is dropping, but distant galaxies are accelerating. Here’s how. If you take a look at any galaxy in the Universe that isn’t gravitationally bound to our own, we’ve […]
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.
It’s that the Universe can be understood at all. Don’t deafen yourself to its lessons. In a nutshell, 2020 has been a unique year in human history. For the first time […]
The “overview effect,” experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.
Can thinking about the past really help us create a better present and future?
More energy means more potential for discovery, but we’re topped out. If your goal is to discover something completely novel, you have to look in a way that no one else […]
An article in Journal of Bioethical Inquiry raises questions about the goal of these advocacy groups.
It’s something most adults don’t understand very well. So what should you tell a child? If you’ve ever had a conversation with an inquisitive, curious child, you might have experienced that […]
The anthropic principle has some fascinating scientific uses. And abuses, too. For thousands of years, humans have pondered the meaning of our existence. From philosophers who debated whether their minds could […]