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Desire is like a drug. But is an addict always an addict?
Dark matter’s hallmark is that it gravitates, but shows no sign of interacting under any other force. Does that mean we’ll never detect it?
Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.
In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.
When you own your career, work becomes more than a means to an end — it becomes a vehicle for growth and happiness.
The passage of time is something we all experience, as it takes us from one moment to the next. But could it all just be an illusion?
From inside our Solar System, zodiacal light prevents us from seeing true darkness. From billions of miles away, New Horizons finally can.
The best answer we have is, “Life is matter with intentionality.”
There are four money personality types. Which are you?
Nevada has the fewest number of native-born citizens.
Our model of the Universe, dominated by dark matter and dark energy, explains almost everything we see. Almost. Here’s what remains.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
We don’t know when or how music was originally invented, but we can now track its evolution across space and time thanks to the Global Jukebox.
Having a “buff” skeleton prevents infirmity in old age.
Out of all the galaxies we know, only a few little ones are missing dark matter. At last, we finally understand why.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all.
Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.
In hospice care and hospitals, we prioritize those with more life to live over those who are terminally ill. What is that, if not prejudice?
A crowdsourced “final exam” for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here’s how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.
How to juggle while walking a tightrope — at work.