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The United States Supreme Court building, a neoclassical structure with tall columns.
Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech to allow online? Should the government?
Aerial view of a solar farm with rows of solar panels installed on grassy fields on a sunny day.
A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what's next.
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Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
A sandwich with lettuce and bread, adorned with a toothpick, features doll arms and legs sticking out, creating a whimsical yet slightly eerie scene evoking playful hints of cannibalism.
Are fava beans and chianti really the best pairing for human liver?
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Redemption is the journey towards becoming a better person. It's the story of human life.
parallel universe
The Universe's history, from cosmic inflation to the Big Bang to the present, is known. But whether it's infinite or not is still a mystery.
A small, warm-blooded brown bird with outstretched wings captured in mid-flight against a blue sky.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
A drawing shows a person's side profile on the left, with dashed lines leading to a second drawing on the right where the facial features are replaced by a question mark, hinting at a lack of perceptivity.
To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
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Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
universe temperature
Although the Big Bang occurred at an instant in time long ago, we still see the light from it. Will the evidence ever disappear completely?
A digital collage featuring a woman's face split with computer code and abstract geometric shapes in green, black, and gray tones, representing the complexity of decision-making.
"How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave."
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You can’t lead if you can’t listen.
Known as hypervelocity stars, we originally thought just one would be ejected every 100,000 years. The real number is much greater.
A vibrant solar flare erupts from the Sun's surface, showcasing sun activity in 2024 and emitting bright ultraviolet light in this detailed astrophotograph.
Northern lights in the American South, clusters of huge geomagnetic storms—the Sun is throwing a tantrum right on schedule.
Line chart showing body mass index (BMI) trends for various countries. Lines are labeled by country, with silhouetted figures for normal, overweight, and obese categories on the left.
Waistlines are expanding in most countries, except for a skinny list of nations bucking the trend.
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Why Netflix adopted the “No Brilliant Asshole” rule — and how to make sure bullies don’t destroy teams.
Silhouetted people walk across a bridge against a colorful, pixelated background, evoking L&D in the age of AI.
Generative AI is arriving fast — both overtly and covertly — and without solid L&D guidance leaders and teams will be hobbled, argues Matt Beane.
A computer-generated image of a bright celestial object with an accretion disk, possibly representing what the sun looked like when it was born.
Newborn stars are surrounded only by a featureless disk. Debris disks persist for hundreds of millions of years. So when do planets form?
A book titled "How To Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment" by Skye C. Cleary, exploring the path to happiness, is displayed against a background of rippling water.
The philosopher Skye C. Cleary explores what being authentically happy looks like in a world where so many can't be.