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Here on Earth, we commonly use terms like weight (in pounds) and mass (in kilograms) as though they’re interchangeable. They’re not.

When we divide matter into its fundamental, indivisible components, are those particles truly point-like, or is there a finite minimum size?

Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don’t truly want to obtain what we think we desire.

Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the “3 Rs”: rage, resentment, and revenge.

Despite the Sun’s high core temperatures, atomic nuclei repel each other too strongly to fuse together. Good thing for quantum physics!

Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.

An atheist’s case for why American democracy needs a more Christlike Christianity.

The laws of nature are almost perfectly symmetric between matter and antimatter, and yet our Universe is made ~100% of matter only. But why?

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

To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.

You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.

Fermilab’s TeVatron just released the best mass measurement of the W-boson, ever. Here’s what doesn’t add up.

Most fundamental constants could be a little larger or smaller, and our Universe would still be similar. But not the mass of the electron.

The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.

The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.

Different methods of measuring the Universe’s expansion rate yield high-precision, incompatible answers. But is the problem robustly real?

This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.

Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.

John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.

If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at higher energies, something even grander happens?

Success is about give and take — with a little more give.

Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.

The surface of asteroid Bennu is more like a plastic ball pit than the Moon.

Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?

In general relativity, matter and energy curve spacetime, which we experience as gravity. Why can’t there be an “antigravity” force?

Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.

Massive objects like black holes, stars, and rogue planets routinely pass near our Solar System. An ensuing comet storm could destroy us.

The neutrino is the most ghostly, rarely-interacting particle in all the Standard Model. How well can we truly make “beams” out of them?

Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past the limits of our atmosphere.