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Study confirms the existence of a special kind of groupthink in large groups.

Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.

Whatever’s lurking out there, it isn’t all, or even mostly, normal matter. When it comes to the Universe, it’s only natural to wonder what, exactly, it is that makes everything up. […]

Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?

An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein’s dream may have been a terrible mistake.

There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?

“Hubble’s Law” is only an approximation, and breaks down when we need it most. From anywhere in the Universe, you can choose to look out at any other galaxy that’s present. […]

Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.

Going to smaller and smaller distance scales reveals more fundamental views of nature, which means if we can understand and describe the smallest scales, we can build our way to […]

Humans are more likely to have “first contact” with an advanced alien civilization, according to a recent NASA-funded paper.

No amount of success can overcome imposter syndrome without a mindset geared toward growth.

In-depth research suggests BDSM practitioners can experience altered states of consciousness that can be therapeutic.

According to literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, Dostoevsky’s talents were on par with those of William Shakespeare.

The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.

As we gain new knowledge, our scientific picture of how the Universe works must evolve. This is a feature of the Big Bang, not a bug.

By digging deep, we could harness enough energy to power generations to come. But it involves fracking.

Cold hands and feet? Maybe it’s your anxiety.

Is college worth it? This question may seem a no-brainer, but there are many reasons why it is worthy of serious deliberation. Here are three.

If you ask your maps app to find “restaurants that aren’t McDonald’s,” you won’t like the result.

Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.

The study found that people who spoke the same language tended to be more closely related despite living far apart.

Scott Dikkers discusses comedy, the creative process, and life lessons learned playing peekaboo.

Many of the furniture giant’s products are named after Swedish locations. Not everyone is happy about that.

We asked our experts where they see the biggest blockers right now for more progress. Essentially, from their various areas of focus, what did they see as the largest impediments to driving progress forward around the world and how they would prioritize the necessary interventions? The answers were appropriately varied from the philosophical to the political to the technological.

If our goal is to effect the greatest possible progress, what would it look like to approach this holistically? What might need to dispositionaly in how we approach solving our most important problems—at an individual level, a community level, or at a civilizational or global one? We asked our experts to think big picture about how what new thinking would be required to create a larger pro-progress framework.

An analysis of the gravitational wave data from black hole mergers show that the event horizon area, and entropy, always increases.

Understanding “why” may be the key to unlocking an AI’s imagination.

For democracy to prosper in the long term, we need more people to reach higher levels of education.

The pilot project is in 10 stores and is 85% accurate.

History is not the story of great people directing the course of the world. It’s about networks. Sure, great people may have had an outsized pull on certain events. But […]