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Philosophy
Experiments tell us quantum entanglement defies space and time.
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?
6mins
Chloé Valdary shares the ancient Stoic principle that can defeat modern despair.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
Some experiences continue to pay dividends time and time again.
Million Stories
Unlock the full potential of your creativity with holistic detachment. This is the way of the editor.
Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life's emotions — even the negative ones.
Far from practicing witchcraft, the experimentation of medieval alchemists helped bring about the Scientific Revolution.
3mins
Left–Right, Back–Forth, Up–Down. What’s the fourth dimension?
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
"It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it."
7mins
How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them "touch" each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
Size matters, but it's not the only thing.
To Einstein, nature had to be rational. But quantum physics showed us that there was not always a way to make it so.
In Einstein's relativity and the Standard Model, we only have three spatial dimensions. But there could be more, and many think there are.
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
Some objects were softer than others.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
5mins
Make it simple. Make it clear. Make it stick. Alan Alda on how to get everyone to understand your thoughts.
John Templeton Foundation
Give yourself (and others) a break.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
8mins
Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.
If life is common in the Universe, then where is everybody? Known as the Fermi Paradox, a new project may help solve the riddle.