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Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests that longevity isn’t what concerns him so much as living what time he has well.
Even with the greatest telescopes imaginable, there are billions of light years with nothing recognizable by today’s standards. “Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory […]
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The psychopath gene can be expressed in one of two ways. Here's what stopped James Fallon's psychopathy from becoming destructive.
A key cognitive bias isn’t a bug, it’s just operator error (and easily correctable by using reason as nature intended).
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Everyone loves Europa, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. Why? It's a strong bet for finding life in our solar system, and it's even more amazing because it breaks all the rules.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Physicist Lawrence Krauss on why neutrinos are his favorite particles, light as the protagonist of modern physics, and more.
Where gravity comes from has been an utter mystery. String theory offers an explanation.
It hasn’t happened yet in the entire Universe, not even once. “End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey […]
A new paper suggests population size and migration explain the sudden bursts of innovation seen 50,000 years ago.
Even though there is no ramification for being rude or cold to AI, we may have a tendency to display gratitude. Why? An interview with the founder of x.ai, Dennis Mortensen.
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Physics finds no trace of God so far—but does it matter?
If you have a choice between “known astrophysical objects” and “new physics,” bet on the known. “Two recent studies by teams in the U.S. and the Netherlands have shown that the […]
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Your mind is built to process contradictory, irrational ideas. Use that to reach new intellectual heights.
New research shows that bilinguals learn more efficiently and multitask better as well.
The days of the all-night cram session are numbered.
A live-blog event happened a week ago, but you can catch the entire thing anew here, right now! “We have never observed infinity in nature. Whenever you have infinities in […]
It really depends on who you ask, as one European poll found out.
A new study shows how talking to yourself may help your brain perform better.
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Our implicit biases are rooted in biology, but they can be easily manipulated. That's both really good and really bad.
Research suggests that a religious edict from the Catholic Church shaped the evolution of the modern chicken.