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In December 1968, human beings made their first-ever journey to the Moon aboard Apollo 8. Their most important discovery? Planet Earth.
A person stands on a rocky peak, overlooking a foggy and mountainous landscape, holding a walking stick and facing away from the viewer, perhaps contemplating the nihilistic insignificance of human existence in the vastness of nature.
Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn't make you a nihilist.
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"By 2040, we hope to see a number of new drugs that have been designed with AI reaching patients."
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Out beyond Neptune are some fascinating bodies left over from our Solar System's formation. Could one of them truly be spectacular?
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To know how to protect its astronauts, NASA needs to first understand the threat.
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
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Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
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God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
fusion power
From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate?
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Female physicians tend to practice medicine as it should be practiced: with care and compassion.
A person with a pensive expression sits on a beach beside a body of water, their gaze reflecting weltschmerz, with an abstract landscape of trees and a boat in the background.
While weltschmerz — literally "world-pain" — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
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Misinterpreted data may be distorting Western predictions about the future of China's economy.
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The benefits of learning with guidance are clear — but the expert and the novice must have a shared understanding of the goal.
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On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here's why.
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Recent research sheds light on how the brain overgeneralizes fear, causing people to be afraid of harmless situations.
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An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
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Tech entrepreneur Alvin Wang Graylin sketches out a bold new age of AI-led enlightenment underscored by compassion.
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When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.
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There are two different ways to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, and they don't agree. And no, new measurements don't help.