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The Human Chronome Project finds that the average human sleeps for 9 hours but only works for 2.6 hours.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
The most iconic "dark nebula" of all lights up under JWST's infrared gaze. Here's what's newly discovered inside.
If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.
This may be the largest helium reservoir in U.S. history.
Cancers can’t develop without genetic mutations — or can they?
Beef production is largely responsible for greenhouse gas emissions from the food system.
Poor research can be worse than no research at all.
A battle between different kinds of love.
Voltaire's wonderful satire, Candide, remains a useful work-life antidote to bogus platitudes and naive optimism.
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“Masculinity” has become synonymous with “toxic.” Journalist Christine Emba explains how that happened, and how it can change.
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Humanity has two giant collisions to thank for its existence, explains biologist Sean B. Carroll.
Holograms preserve all of an object's 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?
"Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world."
The fellowship's journey through Middle-earth mirrors the modernization of the English countryside.
We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
In general relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Digital analyses of Enlightenment-era letters are teaching us a thing or two about Locke, Voltaire, and others.
An interview with Lisa Kaltenegger, the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute, about the modern quest to answer an age-old question: "Are we alone in the cosmos?"
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.