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Never heard of SKA, the square kilometer array? Once it starts taking data, you’ll never forget it. “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for […]
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto just took one giant leap forward in his nation's drug policies.
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Goal setting is a hamster wheel, says Adam Alter. If you want to channel your best work and get off the failure circuit, set systems instead.
Polymaths are people who have excelled in diverse pursuits, and several of those polymaths left us with some very practical advice on how to succeed.
Achieving liquid light at room temperature will boost research into quantum hydrodynamics.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have connected inattention and giving up on your dreams.
Smoking reflects a deep divide in American society.
Instead of viewing racism as a moral failure, Racists Anonymous treats it like a disease from which everyone suffers.
Sure, the old Greek guys from 2,400 years ago get all the glory. But these living philosophers have a ton to say about life, the universe, and everything as it relates to right now.
Long thought to be a fallacy, new analysis shows the ‘hot hand’ is real, and Klay Thompson has it. “Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on […]
Facebook researchers have found that dialog agents being trained to negotiate will create their own non-human language to be more effective. What does this mean for the future of language?
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ISIS, Hurricane Katrina, Fukushima—for each of these disastrous developments, there was someone with a bunch of data that no one would listen to.
Amazon's blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods will lead to big changes in how we shop.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Actor Timothy Spall on the layers of contradictions and complexities that define a person, and what's underneath.
Our way of life needs a skills upgrade, to reinstall certain old stoic ideas. Using your rights well needs "happiness bootcamp" skills.
Self-diagnosing celiac disease is a problem. Yet gluten is becoming an increasing issue for many.
Add sideways tornadoes to the list of things you can have when your atmosphere is as tenuous as Mars’ is. “This would be like an F8 tornado sweeping across the surface. […]
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People tend to bandy around the term "scientific consensus" a lot, but what does it actually mean?
Since the moment humans became aware of their existence, they have been haunted by the knowledge that it will inevitably come to an end and the hope to change this […]
There are three types of intelligence that are necessary for success in life, says the noted psychologist Robert Sternberg.