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Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
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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.
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Generative AI is arriving fast — both overtly and covertly — and without solid L&D guidance leaders and teams will be hobbled, argues Matt Beane.
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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.
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Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek reflects on Einstein’s greatest contribution.
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?