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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
If life is common in the Universe, then where is everybody? Known as the Fermi Paradox, a new project may help solve the riddle.
Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.
"Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea."
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
Find it easier to sort out your friends' problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
In many city-states, it was perfectly acceptable for older men to have sexual relationships with young boys.
Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
Human beings are tiny creatures compared to the 92 billion light-year wide observable Universe. How can we comprehend such large scales?
Hinduism emphasizes the journey, whichever path that takes. And it holds us responsible for our own self-improvement.
Quantum superposition challenges our notions of what is real.
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called "cartophilately."
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
The Athenian rich paid their taxes because they craved the social success of being perceived as "useful."
The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.