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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Modern cosmology conjectures different possible fates for the Universe and thus for the end of time. Details depend on which model is right.
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.
No matter how beautiful, elegant, or compelling your idea is, if it disagrees with observation and experiment, it's wrong.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."
Deaths of despair are skyrocketing in the U.S., while at the same time, they are falling in other wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong?
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
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Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
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Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway.
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Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
We tend to assume our view of the world is objective and accurate rather than subjective and biased — which is what it really is.
There are billions of potentially inhabited planets in the Milky Way alone. Here's how NASA will at last discover and measure them.
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There are two kinds of suffering. One is pure pain. The other makes life worth living.
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What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.
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An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
With two different black hole event horizons now directly imaged, we can see that they are, in fact, rings, not disks. But why?