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In this episode master teacher Sharon Salzberg considers whether it's ok to teach mindfulness to the armed forces, how practitioners of meditation and mindfulness should balance openness with discipline, and so much more.
6mins
Social media giants aren't legally obligated to protect free speech. But they should. Former ACLU president Nadine Strossen explains why.
Institute for Humane Studies
In General Relativity, the fabric of space doesn’t remain static over time. Everything else depends on the details we measure. If there’s one thing we’ve experimentally determined to be a constant […]
Graphene is insanely useful, but very difficult to produce — until now.
These seven subjects don't teach toward the test, but they will help students lead happier, healthier, and smarter lives.
A new study finds it may take decades or even a whole lifetime to appear.
Researchers have recently discovered two of the genes that govern this weird-looking salamander's ability to regenerate limbs, eyes, and even its brain.
What if we could just skip the workout part and take the results in supplement form? Researchers did it… On mice and flies.
5mins
Do you struggle to remember your to-do list? Then this exercise is for you.
All supernovae are not created equal. After a 14 year investigation, the brightest ones have a surprising explanation. In 2006, astronomers witnessed a supernova that defied conventional explanation. Typically, supernovae […]
It doesn't matter what you're reading, as long as you're reading.
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Those who think they're better at lying than average seem to have a few things in common.
Does voting serve the collective good, or should we just not bother?
Got $55 million lying around? If so, you might be able to score a spot aboard the International Space Station starting 2024.
Gallup found that in 2019, movie attendance didn't even come close to library visits.
Researchers confirmed that the mummy known as Takabuti died from a stab wound to the back.
Until about a decade ago, only two habitable zone planets of any size were known to astronomers: Earth and Mars.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) created an online dashboard map that provides up-to-date data on reported cases and deaths worldwide.