For Renzo Picasso, could it be that sharing a last name with last century’s most famous painter pushed this visionary architect deeper into obscurity?
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Apple thinks the government is wrong to seek a “backdoor” to its operating system. Most Americans think the government is right.
How a little knowledge can bring about some huge misconceptions… and how to fix it. “Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover […]
A new study reveals that people naturally fall into 4 different personality types while making decisions: Optimist, Pessimist, Trusting, or Envious.
https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/4kXWOFbfYx_default/index.html?videoId=5042734601001 In the more than 40 years since Apollo ended, we’ve never gone farther. “I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” –Michael Collins On […]
Researchers announce a potential breakthrough in using nanotechnology to fight cancer.
Have we ignored another of the criminal justice system’s major issues?
The New York Times claimed that aliens must have existed at some point. But science is less certain. “There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve […]
You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
China’s new satellite is going to attempt to create uncrackable encryption using quantum mechanics.
Demagoguery, colonizing Mars, and the perpetual pendulum of party politics. Princeton Historian Sean Wilentz on the Think Again podcast
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
Surprisingly, this study was not funded by HBO, Netflix, Hulu or the Illuminati.
Believe it or not, life for the vast majority of Americans has improved under President Obama. From health and wellbeing to economic stability and quality of life, Americans are living […]
Is introversion sometimes invoked unwittingly to mask outright rude behavior? The answer is: it’s complicated. Here’s what introverts and non-introverts can do to navigate the complexity.
A first-ever full-body transplant will be performed by controversial Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero who became famous when he enlarged on plans to remove the heads of two people.
Dreams might be a whole lot sexier than we thought – but not because of their narrative content. Neurologist Patrick McNamara’s theory links the biological changes in our brains during sleep to human’s inherent desire to procreate.
It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.
If a rising tide lifts all boats, why isn’t America — a nation of such wealth and resources — a more egalitarian country? Actor Wendell Pierce says we’ve lost the true spirit of capitalism.
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A noted neuroscientist’s new study illuminates what remarkable invention made our brains the largest of all the primates.
Remember that one time when a Philosopher King ruled the whole world? Well, here is how that turned out.
Scientists are concerned that the results of studies using mice may be affected by gut bacteria.
Genetic engineering, utilizing CRISPR, promises to change human lives by bringing an end to disease while irreversibly modifying our gene pool.
Nuts!, a new documentary film by Penny Lane, focuses on John R. Brinkley, a “doctor” who amassed a fortune by surgically inserting pieces of a goats’ testicles to treat impotence in men.
The brain seems to be orderly arranged in ever complex and elegant ways, unique to each individual.
Many were afraid of California’s Public Safety Realignment policy, but research shows that reductions in the prison population haven’t increased crime. Here’s how perceptions play a big role in what we think about criminal justice.
Years of war in the Middle East have erased old borders. Here is what the map currently looks like.
Scientists are reconsidering the number of planets in our solar system after finding mathematical evidence for a new planet that would orbit the sun every 10,000-20,000 years.
The atmosphere is on the mend, according to an article published in Science. It took almost 30 years for the ban on ozone-depleting substances to work and scientists are saying the ozone could be completely healed by the middle of the century.
Will we be building a better world or a more homogeneous one?