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An urban area with the words 'I want to thank you' spraypainted on a wall illustrating why we should be grateful
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity's best tool for figuring out how things work.
A person turning meat in a frying pan illustrating why deep fried turkeys explode
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
management training
With the right management training program, organizations can empower leaders with the skills they need to succeed — giving everyone on the team a leg up.
quantum consciousness
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
back-burner
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
round
The stars, planets, and many moons are extremely round. Why don't they take other shapes?
The Mayflower at sea
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
Woke racism
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
alzheimer's vaccine
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
Some of the most popular "anti-aging" diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
extraterrestrial
Finding out we're not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here's how we could do it.
DeepMind
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
miller-urey
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.
dream hacking
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
metaphysics
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
scientific pluralism
Scientific pluralism is the notion that some questions must be approached from many angles. How can we integrate these scientific models?