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Scientists have replicated Albert Einstein's spooky action at a distance on a massive scale—well, for the quantum world, anyway.
Two studies, summing up almost 5,000 participants, point to an interesting link between education and conspiracy theories.
The leaders of North and South Korea vowed to bring peace to the region, setting an optimistic tone ahead of President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with Kim Jong Un.
The masterminds behind Silicon Valley were doing more than coding.
Studies show which religions are growing fast and which ones may be dying out.
There are a slew of Earth Science missions that NASA has planned for the future. We need all of them (and more) for a thriving planet. When most people think of […]
From the history of LSD to the origins of hip-hop, these 10 documentaries will educate and inspire.
Lack of replication is a serious problem in science. So far, no one has an answer.
A.I. churches are springing up, even if just online, yet they're speaking a very old language.
Over the years Christopher has spontaneously delivered many dozens of unforgettable lines. Here are four of them.
An ongoing feud between two non-human Instagram "influencers" took a strange turn last week when one account claimed to reveal the company controlling the drama.
A map shows the dominant religion in each of the United States’ counties. Evangelicals dominate the most areas geographically. Catholics are the majority faith in densely populated areas.
In this study, know-it-alls although aware of their biases, selected data that supported their beliefs anyway.
Are conspiracy theories ever true? Here are a few occasions when the government really did what the conspiracy theories claimed.
Socrates never wrote anything down because he found writing to be inferior to dialogue as a method of inquiry. That's kind of a problem if we're to evaluate his ideas.
Having a strong professional learning program is a growing area of importance in organizations around the country. In a LinkedIn survey of more than 500 North American learning and development […]
You can get a pizza even in Pyongyang. But is it Italian?
But if a radical new idea comes to fruition, maybe we can find them after all. After decades of planning, building, prototyping, upgrading, and calibrating, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) […]
In his latest book, 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing', Daniel Pink makes a convincing case for more naps.
People across eras, religions, and cultures have always been curious about a spiritual world that exists behind the curtain of death.