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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
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“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
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“The physics of the universe doesn't predict the emergence of biology.” Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin explains how inanimate matter becomes evolutionary:
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Testing is an attempt to measure intelligence. But is intelligence really what’s getting measured? A neuroscientist weighs in:
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Dr. Aditi Nerurkar on toxic resilience and the importance of gratitude and breathing.
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Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
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The mind-blowing theory that everything is evolving—from minerals to music—explained in 3 minutes by a Carnegie scientist.
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“I study the mineral kingdom — and its secrets could lead us to alien life.”
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At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
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Dr. Jen Gunter debunks the most common myths about menstruation.
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Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek reflects on Einstein’s greatest contribution.
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“If given a chance, nature can rebound, and nature can rebound dramatically.” Biologist Sean B. Carroll discusses the resilience of nature and how humans can help it thrive. Humans litter, […]
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Wharton professor Ethan Mollick explains why “co-intelligence may be the future of AI.
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Humanity has two giant collisions to thank for its existence, explains biologist Sean B. Carroll.
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Physicist Sean Carroll on entropy, complexity, and the origins of life:
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With great genius comes great rigidity. Professor Barabara Oakley on how to stay mentally agile — and get smarter as a result:
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“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.
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“You’re not meant to understand what I just said, because I don’t understand what I just said…” Physicist Brian Cox on one of the most complex theories in space science.
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Is information intrinsic in our universe? NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains.
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When one path is blocked, a new one must be paved. How Einstein, Heisenberg and Gödel used constraints to make life-changing discoveries:
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James Fadiman PhD, who has 60 years of experience in the field, believes they are.
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