U.S. Supreme Court justices receive lifetime appointments to the bench, but many wonder if indefinite terms do more harm to our legal system than good.
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Want to learn about philosophy but don’t know where to begin? We can help.
Why do great minds argue for positions we find repulsive? Today, we find out why Robert Nozick was a libertarian.
From the history of LSD to the origins of hip-hop, these 10 documentaries will educate and inspire.
“People need to see something of a balance between effect and cause… that if something has a huge evil effect, it should be the result of a huge evil cause.”
Not everyone is satisfied with the Big Bang. But every alternative is a disastrous failure. It’s treated as though it’s an unassailable scientific truth: 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe […]
Sibling rivalries can lead to some impressive moments in history, how did these seven sets of siblings do?
If you think we’ve seen all there is to see in the Universe, you’re about to have your imagination unlocked. “Hubble often takes images of distant gravitationally lensed galaxies to […]
There are few more powerful positions than being a Supreme Court justice, yet the female justices are just like other women: talked over by their male colleagues.
Getting up from your computer for frequent breaks might help you retain information better, new research shows.
It’s tempting to think of the mind as a layer that sits on top of more primitive cognitive structures. We experience ourselves as conscious beings, after all, in a way […]
A new study find a connection between having more testosterone and not liking classical, jazz, or avant-garde music.
Even before we have the James Webb Space Telescope, a controversy over when the first stars formed is growing. As far back as our most powerful telescopes have ever looked, we’ve […]
Inventor Nikola Tesla’s work at Niagara Falls may be his most direct and lasting contribution to our lives.
Here are some of the best books on the rich history, rabid speculations and intriguing fictionalized world of artificial intelligence.
In his latest book, Will Storr traces the lineage from self-esteem to selfie.
The US Navy will begin swapping out expensive periscope joysticks in exchange for off-the-shelf Xbox controllers.
The highest concentration in Europe of places named after saints? Galicia, in Spain.
Plotting out the world’s longest pub crawl had a serious, mathematical point
A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps, this Prohibition-era chart celebrates alcohol in its many forms
We compiled a list of seven of the greatest public speakers of all time, people who forever changed the course of history with their words.
The persistent dream of a “gay utopia” is one of the constants in gay and lesbian historical imaginings over the last 200 years. But is it real?
Drop a chunk of sodium metal into water, and a violent reaction ensues. But it’s more than just chemistry at play. “Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields […]
It’s the 1st observed psychedelic-caused molecular changes inside human neural tissue.
How did black holes get so supermassive so fast? Astrophysics may be about to find out, thanks to three big 2017 discoveries. There’s a big problem when we look at […]
It isn’t flat, and these simple observations that you can make from the ground can demonstrate it to anyone. From any one location on the surface of the Earth, it’s impossible […]
Science can do a whole lot of things, but proving a scientific theory is still an impossibility. You’ve heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of evolution, the Big […]
People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.
If the expanding Universe and the cosmic microwave background didn’t convince you, this intricate, spectacular prediction should. “In the current cosmological model, only the three lightest elements were created in […]