People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
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The Universe certainly formed stars, at one point, for the very first time. But we haven’t found them yet. Here’s what everyone should know.
It follows a well-worn playbook for North Korea.
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For centuries, universities have advanced humanity toward truth. Professor Jonathan Haidt speaks to why college campuses are suddenly heading in the opposite direction.
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
Its implications go well beyond the Earth itself, affecting even the future of space travel.
Regardless of political ideology, one of the few things that many people seem to have in common is a moral hypocrisy that arises from a fundamental lack of self-reflection.
“Even with my training, I still got insights from the book’s descriptions. That’s how good Carroll is at explaining physics.”
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
To study the origin of the Universe, we could build a constellation of six expensive spacecraft — or we could just use the Moon.
Urban legends help personify the anxieties that arise from living in a modern city.
From gamification to VR, here are 10 ways to make learning fun and engaging.
Hindsight is 20/20, particularly when you have had 20 years to think about what happened.
The crabs’ blue blood contains an ancient immune defense mechanism that has helped save countless human lives.
Unless you have a critical mass of heavy elements when your star first forms, planets, including rocky ones, are practically impossible.
The effects are even worse for women.
Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.
The relationship between these two ways of thinking about the world deserves deeper exploration.
Most potentially hazardous asteroids remain unidentified. NEO surveyor could change that, but only if it’s funded, and soon.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word “evil.”
As bad as this sounds, a new essay suggests that we live in a surprisingly egalitarian age.
When organized effectively, peer mentoring programs can offer substantial benefits for organizations and their employees.
Javelin missiles have been an effective force multiplier, the latter-day equivalent of the sling that David used against Goliath.
Evolutionary success is not about the number of one’s children, but one’s grandchildren: the children need to survive and pass on their genes.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
Jokes so cheesy even French philosophers will love them.
Einstein’s “happiest thought” led to General Relativity’s formulation. Would a different profound insight have led us forever astray?