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Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
For thousands of years, humanity had no idea how far away the stars were. In the 1600s, Newton, Huygens, and Hooke all claimed to get there.
From Aristotle’s lazy cosmology to Immanuel Kant’s “scientific” racism, great minds are not immune to very bad ideas.
This century alone has already had a couple of Onesdays (1/11/11 and 11/11/11).
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
Listening to some songs can cause a powerful physiological response known as “frisson.” What is it, and why does it happen?
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
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Massive objects like black holes, stars, and rogue planets routinely pass near our Solar System. An ensuing comet storm could destroy us.
When does a healthy desire for wealth morph into greed? And how can we stop it?
Experts believe they could cut the time it takes a rocket to reach Mars by up to 25%, shaving about two months off the trip.
Did traditional Chinese thought pave the way for the philosophy of Maoism?
It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
Human sacrifice appears to be as old as humanity itself. Still, experts disagree on how and where the practice first originated.
By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
There’s still hope for implicit bias training, research shows.
This might help you make it to the end of Herman Melville’s 19th century classic.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
Travel half the distance to your destination, and there’s always another half to go. Despite Zeno’s Paradox, you always arrive right on time.
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury “only” reaches 800 °F at its hottest. Venus is always hotter, even at night.
What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
An independent researcher looks into why there’s such strong opposition to her research.
If something is “true,” it needs to be shown to work in the real world.