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Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
John Templeton Foundation
earthquake
Some of the coastal areas were not repopulated for millennia afterward, showing that there was a long-lasting memory of this tragic event.
Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.
dark energy
The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
multiverse
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
Training Evaluation
Here are five things to know before conducting a training evaluation.
words for love
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
This world map shows how the rest of the world LOLs. In France, you MDR; in China, you 23333.
The discovery calls into question the few things scientists know about these powerful astronomical phenomena.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn't help. Only physics explains why.
digital nomad
Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.
transhumanism
Humans are already so integrated with technology that the dream of transhumanism is a reality. Can we handle what comes next?
Yorkicystis lived during the “Cambrian explosion,” 539 million to 485 million years ago – hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs.
personal branding
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
Yes, there are reasons to worry about Twitter, but it's not about the bots.
just asking questions
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
naive realism
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
crayfish
All marbled crayfish descended from a single clone discovered in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995. 
exercise pill
"Lac-Phe" grants obese mice the benefits of exercise — without exercising. But don't expect an "exercise pill."