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Existentialism
It is little more than a fancy excuse for escapist fantasizing.
1859's Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
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There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.
John Templeton Foundation
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life's biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
When faced with too many choices, many of us freeze — a phenomenon known as "analysis paralysis." Why? Isn't choice a good thing?
We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.
A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.
Despite all that we've learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could "God" be the answer?
Is the multiverse real? It's one of the hottest questions in all of theoretical physics. We invited two astrophysicists to join the debate.
We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.
From boosting empathy to improving therapy, virtual reality is poised to change our ideas of the self.
Setting resolutions for the new year means you think the future is up to you — but is it?
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.
There's a big difference between the notions of 'false vacuum' and 'true vacuum' states. Here's why we don't want to live in the former.
Our existence is finite, but that’s no reason for despair. Here’s a version of the story we all should hear at least once. This world, and for that matter, the entire […]