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From baboon hierarchies to the mind-gut connection, the path to defeating depression starts with understanding its causes.

7 scholars and legal experts dissect what you can and can’t say in America.

From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.

A crash course in the history of money, the birth of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology.

Northwell Health has built an elaborate data system to track and fight COVID-19. If this system goes global, it could prevent a future pandemic.

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

Answering the question of who you are is not an easy task. Let’s unpack what culture, philosophy, and neuroscience have to say.

The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.

Can computers do calculations in multiple universes? Scientists are working on it. Step into the world of quantum computing.

The AI constitution can mean the difference between war and peace—or total extinction.

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.

Habits are easier to hack and change when you understand how they work.

The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A “heat death” is coming, but it’s not what you think.

The search for alien life is far too human-centric. Our flawed understanding of what life really is may be holding us back from important discoveries about the universe and ourselves.

Is death the final frontier? We ask scientists, philosophers, and spiritual leaders about life after death.

As morally sturdy as we may feel, it turns out that humans are natural hypocrites when it comes to passing moral judgment.

Is the quest to upload human consciousness and ditch our meat puppets the future—or is it fool’s gold?

There is a lot we don’t know about psychedelics, but what we do know makes them extremely important.

Scientists ripped up kids’ drawings. This is what they learned about relationships.

Monogamy is often considered a key component of traditional marriages, but it’s only half the story.

Philosophers have been asking the question for hundreds of years. Now neuroscientists are joining the quest to find out.

The next era in American history can look entirely different. It’s up to us to choose.

Shannon Lee shares lessons from her father in her new book, “Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee.”

We have the money to change the world. What’s standing in the way?

Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.

The “lone genius” often gets the credit for big ideas, but real-world innovation is a team sport.

It was a concept borrowed from the Iroquois, and one that America never quite mastered.

The color of toys has a much deeper effect on children than some parents may realize.

The ability to speak up and ask will give these future leaders a much needed boost.

We make school kids read “Lord of the Flies”—but it’s only half the story.