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“Feedback is a gift,” is an easy bumper sticker to apply, but a harder philosophy to put into execution in your real life.

The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.

We can all sleep a little more soundly.

What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?

For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.

Author A.J. Jacobs explores how voting has changed since the days of the Founding Fathers — for better and for worse.

Physicists have increasingly begun to view life as information-processing “states of matter” that require special consideration.

Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.

Lynda Gratton, a professor of management practice at the London Business School, explains how business leaders can navigate a future in constant flux.

How to juggle while walking a tightrope — at work.

Just 12% of Americans account for half the country’s total beef consumption.

Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.

Across a variety of industries, trust and “upside-down management” have paid dividends.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Sure, there’s less daylight during winter than summer, as your hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun. But darkness goes deeper than that.

Dr. Katie Mack explains what dark energy is and two ways it could one day destroy the universe.

These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.

Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.

Northern lights in the American South, clusters of huge geomagnetic storms—the Sun is throwing a tantrum right on schedule.

Until the Apollo missions, we had no idea how the moon got here, just a series of educated guesses. They rewrote the story of the moon’s origins.

“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions.”

Claims circulating on the Internet — some from dentists’ websites — suggest toothpaste isn’t necessary for dental health. Is that true?

“All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.”

The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it’s a way to complement existing human tasks.

Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”

Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.

The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.

Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.

TikTok and its allies won’t go down without a legal fight.