Research shows that octopuses are sentient, emotional creatures.
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Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.
Nero’s reputation as one of the most malevolent emperors in Roman history might be partly slander.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
If you gave me $400 and I gave you $3.15, would you consider yourself wealthier? That’s a financial analogy for the supposed fusion power “breakthrough.”
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
Unless you have a critical mass of heavy elements when your star first forms, planets, including rocky ones, are practically impossible.
In 1974, Hawking showed that black holes aren’t stable, but emit radiation and decay. Nearly 50 years later, it isn’t just for black holes.
Science continues to amplify our view of reality.
Einstein called his idea “abominable,” but the world of physics came around to embracing the views of Georges Lemaître.
Think you should speak about 40% of the time in conversation? How about 70%?
Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time. Whenever you observe an object, you aren’t viewing it in its present state. When one of Jupiter’s moons […]
A team of scientists managed to install onto a smartphone a spectrometer that’s capable of identifying specific molecules — with cheap parts you can buy online.
New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells.
We confidently state that the Universe is known to be 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how we know.
Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
Jeremy Johnson — co-founder of the talent network Andela — reflects on leadership in the age of remote work and AI.
Evolutionary pressures drove the formation of tribes who encoded their values in myths and symbols. Was this cooperation cursed?
A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.
Science and philosophy seem to be separate fields, but philosophical advancements have made the world more accepting of debate and unorthodox ideas.
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
The Universe is precisely dated at 13.8 billion years old, but astronomers claim the Methuselah star is 14.5 billion years old. What gives?
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
50 years ago, Herman Chernoff proposed using human faces to represent multidimensional datasets. It was a good idea in theory — but a disaster in practice.
This minimalist map unties Asia’s mountainous geography, centered on the “Pamir Knot.”