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Is it "perverseness," the "death drive," or something else?
It's up to us humans to re-humanize our world. An economy that prioritizes growth and profits over humanity has led to digital platforms that "strip the topsoil" of human behavior, whole industries, and the planet, giving less and less back. And only we can save us.
If everything in nature is made of quantum fields at its core, how do we wind up with particles at all? What is our Universe made out of? At a fundamental […]
It could put the American fossil fuel industry on a clear path to extinction.
With an assist from Einstein’s gravity and the power of the Hubble Space Telescope, it’s the brightest quasar we’ve ever discovered. In astronomy, there are two types of questions to […]
A growing body of research shows promising signs that the keto diet might be able to improve mental health.
Evolution doesn't clean up after itself very well.
Failures are going to happen. That’s just the way things are. Beyond the thing that didn’t quite manage to work out, though, there’s more that can go off the rails, […]
Thinking your life is worthwhile is correlated with a variety of positive outcomes.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, explains his plan for success.
It has already found several bizarre planets outside of our solar system.
Kepler showed us that the Universe is full of planets around other stars. TESS is giving us our next great leap. It’s been nearly a decade since NASA’s Kepler mission first […]
Some experts say there's no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.
Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? And does it really even matter?
A new study explores how certain personality traits affect individuals' attitudes on obesity in others.