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Half our day is spent not living in the moment. Here’s how to change that.
13.8 billion years ago, the hot Big Bang gave rise to the Universe we know. Here's why the reverse, a Big Crunch, isn't how it will end.
The answer may lie in the particular way sand forms on Titan.
Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Human sacrifice appears to be as old as humanity itself. Still, experts disagree on how and where the practice first originated.
Atomic clocks keep time accurately to within 1 second every 33 billion years. Nuclear clocks could blow them all away.
Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
But does Amazon know when you're tired or hungry?
What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
Will nature or nurture win out?
Did traditional Chinese thought pave the way for the philosophy of Maoism?
Habit-forming rituals are subconsciously controlling your life. Here’s how to master them.
John Templeton Foundation
In all of human history, only 5 spacecraft have had the right trajectory to exit the Solar System. Will they ever catch Voyager 1?
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
Searching for truth in unorthodox ways can be a valuable exercise. But Anatoly Fomenko's alternate world history is just plain weird.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.