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The 1st generation of stars formed, lived, and died very early on. But 2nd generation stars could still persist today. Did we just find one?
The ideology, economics, and psychology behind the modern world's draining of color from homes, cars, and everyday objects.
Howard Gardner joins us to reflect on the theory of multiple intelligences and why the question of who owns intelligence is more important than ever.
As humanity journeys to the Moon for the first time since 1972, can we rediscover our shared responsibilities: to the world and each other?
As light travels across the Universe, it's subject to cosmic expansion, changing fields, and relative motion. How about gravitational waves?
In this excerpt from The Wage Standard, Arindrajit Dube explains how "monopsony" gives some employers the power to set wages below competitive levels.
Even though no human has stepped foot on the Moon's surface in 50 years, the evidence of our presence there remains unambiguous.
This 1524 map of the Aztec capital was a window into an exotic otherworld — and largely a fiction.
Is dark energy evolving with at least 99.99% confidence? Despite the quality of recent data, scientists have every reason to be skeptical.
The ozone hole was going to destroy life as we know it, but an unprecedented global effort fixed the problem.
Long-lived companies show that resilience comes not from individual toughness, but from the strength of the systems around us.
Cognitive flexibility, opportunistic survival, and social cooperation have allowed rats to thrive in conditions that wipe out other species.
What a fragile flower can teach us about resilience, death, and becoming someone new.
A day in the Sierra Nevada with Tommy Caldwell reveals how pain, trauma, and “elective hardship” became the foundation of his fortitude.
Instead of hauling heavy building materials across space, future astronauts may grow fungal shelters from spores, waste, and local regolith.
A broken laptop hinge revealed a broader shift in how modern products are designed, sold, and owned
When can a kid play outside alone? Two parents, one stranger, and the state collide.
AI is unlocking unprecedented capabilities — and exposing new vulnerabilities just as quickly.
We’ve populated low-Earth orbit with satellites in record time — now we have to figure out how to keep it safe.
Long-debunked conspiracies don’t disappear—they evolve and thrive in the age of algorithms.