Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares how living in space has bettered his life on Earth.

The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.

Philosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say about it.

This man did over 150 drugs to help teach others how to use them safely.

According to Zena Hitz, the idea of the intellectual has become distorted. She believes “the real thing is something more extraordinary but also more available to us.”

The “Limitless” pill exists, and you already have it in your brain.

James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.

Humanity's most advanced tech still hasn’t unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Can brain scans show us how we store memories?

Covid-19 drove his start-up through the trenches. Now Austen Allred is sharing his secret that lead his start-up out of a recession.

What do candles, coffee, and candy have to do with it?

Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Lamborghini vs. Ferrari. What can the most famous rivalries teach us about human nature?

1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.

From Kim Kardashian’s stories to your friend’s Facebook post: social media is designed to keep you jealous.

College doesn’t pay off for a lot of people. So he started a school that doesn’t get paid unless you do.

What would you do differently if you listened to your true desires?

“The Universe is swarming with scapegoats, yet none of us think we have any of our own.”

Should we worry about fascist politics? Philosopher Jason Stanley plays devil’s advocate.

Propaganda urges you to mobilize towards something while concealing from you things that you reasonably should think and consider.

Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’

People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But  for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]

How do fascist leaders take hold? Lying to a whole nation, and having them believe you, is just one tenth of it.

Negative thoughts? Here’s how to rewire your mind

Are you in love? Trust your mother over your brain.

Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like?

From the first computer to modern AI: how to tell if machines are intelligent.

Experts say we should only be working 15 hours per week, so why are some working 80?

We can’t edit tweets, but we can edit our own DNA.

Thanks to time-traveling telescopes, we can see more about the Big Bang

Google maps won’t guide you to Mars - but will your compass work in space?

Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller explains how a solar storm could wipe out civilization… and what we can do to prevent catastrophe.