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Thankfully, there are ways to combat mental and physical fatigue, even in isolation.
Small sample size? No underlying theory? Conflicts with all other results? It checks all the boxes. There’s nothing that’s special, on a cosmic scale, about our place in the Universe. Not […]
Famously, it took Edison over one thousand attempts to successfully create the lightbulb.
AutoML-Zero is a proof-of-concept project that suggests the future of machine learning may be machine-created algorithms.
These pink feathered folk form complex social networks and are choosy about who they spend their time with, according to a new study.
There are three factors all competing to determine the fate of the Earth, and the one that’s winning now won’t win in the end. If you could measure the average distance […]
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Playing it safe and always taking the easy road can be obstacles to happiness, says professional adventurer Erling Kagge.
Some Americans are fearful of government control and awash in conspiracy theories.
Colleges and universities can continue to ignore what the market wants, or they can get in the game and differentiate with new on-ground and online pathways to employment-centric education.
Charles Koch Foundation
In his new book, "The Wedge," Scott Carney tests the boundaries of human resilience.
What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
When you look at the Universe in an entirely new way, you sometimes find what you could never have anticipated. Almost exactly one year ago today, the Event Horizon Telescope […]
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Practicing Socratic ignorance, or avoiding certainty of our own knowledge, diminishes inequality and pushes us in our search for wisdom.
Institute for Humane Studies
New research proposes possible origins of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
The current focus on the Chinese and Jews is nothing new.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
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How will the current challenges to the global economy pressure it to change?