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The Internet is all shadows and mirrors—but what if it were the central source of truth? Thanks to Blockchain technology, it’s a future that’s possible.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has introduced the Marijuana Justice Act, a federal bill that would nationally legalize marijuana.

The list of substances banned from Olympic competition is staggering. Marijuana is on the list, but derivative cannabinoids aren’t. Whats going on, and should marijuana even be banned?

New research shows how parrots and crows learn new skills through play. Can adults implement this advice? 

Cultural diversity is not only an enormous issue for organizations of all sizes—it’s an inevitable fact of life in our increasingly globalized economy. Companies can benefit greatly from the variety […]

Many great minds have plenty of bad things to say about democracy, but what about the people who think it is great?

For the first time, we’ve seen neutron stars merge. At last, the gravitational and electromagnetic sky are one. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory […]

How much genetic diversity is actually needed to keep a population healthy?

A NYT article says the Defense Department been tracking mystery aircraft.

Finding New Year’s resolutions isn’t always easy. To help you out, we’ve gotten ideas from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.

Here’s the first evidence to challenge the “fastest sperm” narrative.

Nietzsche loved aphorisms, and here we have collected 15 of his greatest hits.

In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.   

If not for the indeterminate nature of matter, the Sun would never be able to shine. “The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are […]

We’re talking Ghost in the Shell type of stuff. 

In 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths hit 42,000, an all-time record. But gun deaths were nearly that same number, and have been consistently that high. If you want to know […]

Lost time at work can be incredibly stressful—both for employees and employers. Often, a vicious cycle occurs: losing productive time leads to people stressing about falling behind, leading to them […]

The first in-body gene-editing experiment has just begun.

Stanford researchers identify five different types of anxiety, each correlating with the activation of different brain networks.

Do we really believe everything we say? Are you always trying to establish the truth when you argue? This thought experiment will help answer these questions.

Before Hawking, black holes were just static points in the background of space. His greatest scientific legacy taught us just how dynamic they are. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his General […]

This sucks. And is also great for the environment. 

You have three types of brain inside your brain. And they’re all fighting for dominance.

We know that body language reveals a lot. But language is an even bigger tell if you know what to look for. 

The world has its first robotic citizen in a humanoid robot with an advanced range of emotions.

Can guess what’s on the list?  

These results may someday offer doctors an early warning biomarker for heart disease.

California prisons are about as off-off-off-off Broadway as it gets—but that’s where the emotional tools of theatre can make the biggest difference to people’s lives.rn

This isn’t an XZibit joke; it’s a real scientific question. And the answer may be that it’s possible after all. “People who work every day are kind of scared of things […]

His guiding spirit Thomas helped the author make better financial decisions and take care of his health.