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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.

When we are asked to check a sex-identity box on a bureaucratic form, what definition of sex is being invoked and to what end? 

What is the what about the squat? And have we reached some sort of squatting vogue moment? 

It’s more accurate than an atomic clock, and would take thousands of years to lose a second. 

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 […]

Even our scientific heroes can’t be right about everything. Let’s learn the lessons that they never did. In the 1960s, a young theoretical physicist named Stephen Hawking rose to prominence as […]

How much free will do you actually have? This week’s Comment of the Week is fantastic and raises an interesting debate. What do you think? 

Once the realm of psychotic disorders, we now know that hallucinations are widespread.   

Could it simply be pleasure for its own sake?

What if entanglement also occurs across time? Is there such a thing as temporal nonlocality?  

These results may offer a pathway toward novel treatment options in the near future.

It’s so much more than mass-energy equivalence; it’s the key to unlocking the quantum Universe. For hundreds of years, there was an immutable law of physics that was never challenged: […]

As more intellectuals seek a common ground between the left-right divide, these ten books offer insights on how to navigate challenging topics.

Very sure. Here’s how we know. You’ve no doubt heard that the Universe itself has been around for 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang, and that scientists are extremely confident […]

But if the campaign isn’t successful, this scourge could return with a vengeance.

Aiming for the nearest star would necessitate a whole slew of advances. Even if the mission fails, humanity wins by investing in itself. There have been some magnificent moments in NASA […]

Think we’ll just responsibly choose more fuel efficient vehicles, and the market will take care of the rest? Good luck with that. Since the first oil crisis of the 1970s, there […]

Imagine charging your phone using the power of your heart.   

The question isn’t “are you happy”… but rather “what kind of happy are you”? 

In the aftermath of everything we’ve learned about what’s in the Universe, we can make much better estimates of how many alien civilizations are out there. In 1961, scientist Frank Drake […]

The FDA approves the first “living drug” cell therapy for childhood leukemia.

It does undergo nuclear fusion, but there are more reactions and more energy released from reactions other than H → He. “The sun is a miasmaOf incandescent plasmaThe sun’s not simply […]

A new study shows how one dietary change in the U.S. could make a 46%-plus dent in greenhouse gas reductions. 

It could add $83 billion to the U.S. economy in 10 years—and that’s a very conservative estimate.

Something’s got to be wrong. But is it what we think about the star, the Universe, or something else? “The older you get, the more you realize that the way […]

While 50% of people say they’ve had a lucid dream, only 20% have them regularly.   

You might think philosophy is a boy’s club. We are here to correct that misconception. 

Out of five vital questions, which one should we most desire the answer to? Despite all we’ve learned about physics, science, and the Universe before us, there are still some incredibly […]

Never underestimate the power of having a strong set of goals for your business. Business goals are more than just figures on an earnings chart displayed in boardroom meetings—they’re also […]

The truth is out there. But it may be subjective.