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History & Society
Trace how culture, power, and ideas shape societies across time.
Uncover the high cost of raising a family and discover strategies to make it more manageable and rewarding.
Million Stories
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Once the initial blaze of heat dissipated, the constituent particles of atoms were free to bind.
As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
Quantum uncertainty and wave-particle duality are big features of quantum physics. But without Pauli's rule, our Universe wouldn't exist.
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
The cosmic microwave background offers clues.
Finding out how the Universe grew up was the biggest science goal of JWST. This ultra-early proto-galaxy cluster is one amazing discovery.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
One hypothesis: "gossip traps."
From quarks and gluons to giant galaxy clusters, everything that exists in our Universe is determined by what is (and isn't) bound together.
Though Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War" is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.
And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright.
The acceptance of our cosmic loneliness and the rarity of our planet is a wakeup call.
John Templeton Foundation
You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
Nearly 2000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii but incinerating Herculaneum. The most lethal volcanic phenomenon is at fault.
Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?