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Our consciousness distinguishes us from other animals. From an evolutionary perspective, consciousness gives humans a powerful advantage by allowing us to plan far into the future.
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Ideology doesn’t bend to reason, says Professor Barbara Oakley. Here's why we can't really change what other people believe, and why that brand of "helping" others can backfire.
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Ever heard a story that made you sick to your stomach? There is neurological wizardry at work that makes our sense of morality so visceral—and flawed.
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What information can we trust? Truth isn't black and white, so here are three requirements every fact should meet.
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Humans worship at the altar of excellence, but is our complete obsession with this "quality controlled" mode of intellect holding us back?
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Many people will try to give you hope or sell it to you, says Richard M. Cohen, who was diagnosed with MS at 25, and has battled two bouts of cancer, but hope is an internal discovery.
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There's a hidden hypocrisy within bathroom laws based on biological sex.
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Our brains didn't evolve to see the world accurately, we only perceive what is useful and apply meaning to it. Neuroscientist Beau Lotto shows us how the sausage of reality is made.
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When it comes to time, and what the heck it actually is, there's a clash of ideas between physics and neuroscience.
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The Many Worlds Interpretation is just one of a few multiverse hypotheses—but is there a glaring paradox in this popular idea?
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Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx, literally stared from the bottom. Here's how she built a billion-dollar empire without a single business class.
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Faith is absurd — let’s embrace the comedy in that.
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Kyle Maynard is a photographer, wrestler, and inspiration machine. Here's how he pursued his passion and helped others along the way.
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Bill Nye is the CEO of The Planetary Society, has his own Netflix show, flew on Air Force One with President Obama, and has at least six honorary doctorate degrees. But there's one thing that makes him prouder than all that combined.
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This 25-minute learning technique is one of the simplest in the world. It's also one of the most effective, says professor of engineering Barbara Oakley.
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AI is short for more than just 'Artificial Intelligence'. At this crucial stage in its design, we have to decide whether we want it to merely serve us, or to challenge and augment our many selves.
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Users don't need better media literacy to beat fake news. We need social media to be frank about its commercial interests.
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A religious person without a sense of humor? That's a dangerous combination.
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If you want to know the state of equality in the US, statistics are a good place to start.
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Life is a temporary, cosmic accident and the universe may very well be meaningless. That's depressing — or is it?