Baruch Spinoza suggests how to lead a virtuous and blessed life.
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Employees are quitting at record rates – a trend that shows no signs of stopping.
Lovers are parted from lovers, (grand)parents from children, families from their dead.
Opponents of 19th-century American imperialism were not above body-shaming the personification of the U.S. government.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it’s an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
In theory, history is the sum of everything that ever happened; in practice, it’s a story we tell ourselves to make sense of and justify our actions in the present.
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
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The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it.
These enormous centipedes are straight out of science fiction.
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Hubble’s still going strong after 31+ years. James Webb will never make it that long. Every decision that’s made — in both astronomy and in life — comes with its own set of pros and […]
A new study at UPenn found that effective learning includes mistakes—just not too many.
A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.
Discovered in 1900, the Saint-Bélec slab languished unrecognized in a castle basement for over a century.
What can ‘behaviorism’ teach us about ourselves?
Reconnecting muscle pairs allows for better sensory feedback from the limb.
Not nearly well enough. And we should all be concerned. In 1859, the science of solar physics truly began with the largest eruption in recorded history: the Carrington event. Prior […]
Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.
The 1998 hit is making a comeback. Stop what you’re doing and watch the original.
Awareness of one’s own heartbeat has some positive effects.
Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here’s how large it will get.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
It had long seemed impossible that supermassive black holes could grow to such enormous sizes. But the biggest problem is now solved.
A study of the manner in which memory works turns up a surprising thing.
Birthrates are cyclical and have gone up and down throughout history.
For a long time, important events could only be visualized retroactively through paintings. Photography allowed us to capture history as — or sometimes even before — it happened.
Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.
Thomas Baldwin’s Airopaidia (1786) includes the earliest sketches of the earth from a balloon.