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Hitler is commonly thought to have been an atheist, a claim that's often used in debates about the perils of atheistic belief on a mass scale. But was he?
It's always been our brains.
The FDA approves the first “living drug” cell therapy for childhood leukemia.
Treating the theological and the political as warring forces stops us from looking at the more surprising ways that they interact and inform each other.
Social citizenship is both a feeling of belonging and a definable set of commitments and obligations associated with living in a place; it is not second-class national citizenship.
There are many people who preach the supposed benefits of psychedelics, but none do it as well, nor as reliably, as these philosophers and scientists.
Pocket-sized therapies, like counseling apps, are praised as a timely solution to the budgetary pressures and long waiting lists of overstretched mental health services. But do they work?
For the first time, the gravitational wave sky and the astronomical sky might be coming together. It’s a new era, at long last. “Presently thought to be the most powerful explosions […]
Did you experience totality? I did, for the first time. And it was, even as a well-prepared scientist, beyond anything I expected. “All that is nowAll that is goneAll that’s […]
A new podcast: a first-person account, by a scientist, of what it was like to live and experience totality for the first time. “I sometimes ask people, ‘Can you be aware […]
They're 3 billion light years away, but their collision can lead to answers to really big questions.
Sweating is your body's way of regulating internal temperature. It's not a cleansing program.
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There's only one guy on this whole planet who's done both. He tells us what it's like to experience two of the most extreme feats.
Does happiness require a rebellion against evolution?
Science gone horribly wrong. This infographic presents inventors where wiped out by their own creations.
Hidden genes are at play in many species of birds and one desert-bound gerbil.
Australian scientists discover how complex life first appeared on Earth - one of the "greatest mysteries of science".
Every business has goals—whether they’re as simple as “sell more” or as sophisticated as “apply design thinking to business processes to increase overall efficiency and reduce costs by X%.”
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The Internet is all shadows and mirrors—but what if it were the central source of truth? Thanks to Blockchain technology, it's a future that's possible.
A new study shows that people who avoid negative emotion tend to be worse off psychologically, while those who accept bad feelings report higher well-being.