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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Each of these stories rests on a foundation of great ideas that will scare you to death and make you think.
"What’s happening now has, in fact, been happening since the very invention of language and writing."
In "We the People," Harvard historian Jill Lepore examines how the U.S. Constitution became unamendable and its implications for the health of the democracy.
Our Sun only arose after 9.2 billion years of cosmic history: with many stars living and dying first. How many prior generations were there?
Nearly 30 would be "nones" — an amorphous group that spans from zealous atheists to the vaguely spiritual.
In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.
Since the time of Galileo, Saturn's rings have remained an unexplained mystery. A new idea may have finally solved the longstanding puzzle.