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Mind and Behavior
Research sheds light on social behavior of these mysterious predators.
8mins
Having trouble learning? A PhD engineering professor gives you one key tip.
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Experiments cannot confirm what theory predicts about neutrinos. And particle physicists have no idea why.
Deaths of despair are skyrocketing in the U.S., while at the same time, they are falling in other wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong?
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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Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn't help. Only physics explains why.
Humans are already so integrated with technology that the dream of transhumanism is a reality. Can we handle what comes next?
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
4mins
Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.
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6mins
Branding isn’t buzz — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years.
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
5mins
There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.
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AI systems can carry on convincing conversations, but they have no understanding of what they're saying. Humans are easily fooled.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
For 40 years, scientists thought a specific gene was linked to aggression in hamsters. Removing it, however, had violent consequences.
The engineer working on Google's AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.
In the age of distraction, don't we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
An elaborate device called the Mechanical Turk defeated Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte at chess. Edgar Allan Poe revealed the hoax.
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
According to author and entrepreneur Steven Kotler, at some point this century, we will confront the prospect of immortality.
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Prison is an unreliable method of punishment. Let's do better.
There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.
We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans' emotions. But can they understand each other's emotions?
Almost all our school improvements fail. Here’s why.
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Near death experiences change people’s lives - and not always for the better.