What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
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The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
On Earth, microbial growth is common in lava tubes no matter the location and climate, whether it’s ice-volcano interactions in Iceland or hot, sand-floored lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.
Living is about staying busy.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.
Einstein’s laws of gravity have been challenged many times, but have always emerged victorious. Could wide binary stars change all that?
In the fight between head and heart, psychologists will win.
For thousands of years, humanity had no idea how far away the stars were. In the 1600s, Newton, Huygens, and Hooke all claimed to get there.
The bizarre discovery could pave the way for advances in regenerative medicine for humans.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.
Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.
It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.
The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft
Although the Big Bang occurred at an instant in time long ago, we still see the light from it. Will the evidence ever disappear completely?
Aptera expects to begin delivering its solar-powered car later in 2022.
This is your brain on work.
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of “otherness.” We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
“The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials.”
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
The first stars in the Universe were made of pristine material: hydrogen and helium alone. Once they die, nothing escapes their pollution.
With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession’s ethical weight.