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The consequences of our climate-cooking habits will burden all future humans.
After a comprehensive study, researchers came to a startling conclusion.
There's something special about islands - in some cases, it's the price tag
Just for giggles, would it be a good idea to have our leaders take shrooms?
It’s one of cosmology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The strongest argument against it may have just evaporated. The ultimate goal of cosmology contains the greatest ambition of any scientific field: to […]
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In today's political world, building a campaign team that is dedicated to a digital presence is key to winning.
Scientists find common chemicals can negatively impact pregnant women.
The achievement is an important milestone in quantum computing, Google's scientists said.
How do you say "spiel"? Whether you say "shpeel" or "speel" may have to do with how you vote.
Adult recess and other apparently ridiculous activities may be one of the best ways to feel, work, and be better.
What do companies like Hilton, Salesforce, and Wegman’s Food Markets have in common? First, they all have some of the happiest employees in their industries. These three companies made the […]
Traveling interstellar distances in human lifetimes is an amazing dream, but it won’t ever be achieved like this. For centuries, ever since we realized that every star we can see in […]
The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom's "singleton hypothesis" predicts the future of human societies.
To prevent torturous experiments on organoids, some are calling for clearer definitions of consciousness.
In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the concept of coupling.
As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future.
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A review of the multifaceted questions we'll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an "inner feel."
Researchers evaluated the best and worst ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in a recent report.
Simply getting into grad school isn’t enough. The answers to these three questions can make all the difference. It’s time. You’ve done all your research into schools, completed your undergraduate […]