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Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
You don't have to be an emperor to apply these rules to daily living.
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Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
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Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.
Foster your own moments of mystery.
We're used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
You are trapped in time. You never live in the world as it is but only as you experience it as it was.
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?
Humanity is in trouble. Here's how aliens could help.
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Financial expert Paula Pant explains how you can afford anything, but not everything.
All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.
Late-night shows, developed during the "golden age" of TV, are no longer as relevant in the age of streaming services and Donald Trump.
"Oosouji" or "big cleaning" is much more than a chance to tidy up.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
The Knights Templar were not only skilled fighters, but also clever bankers who played a crucial role in the development of Europe’s financial systems.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
Maybe our understanding of quantum entanglement is incomplete, or maybe there is something fundamentally unique about consciousness.
Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.
We don’t understand why loneliness is bad for us if all we can say is that it hurts.
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Debates about the existence of free will traditionally have been fought by two competing camps: those who believe in free will and those who don’t because they believe the Universe […]
Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is widely regarded as one of the most gifted orators in human history. His writings can teach us a lot about the lost art of public speaking.
Your mentors made time for you. Now, go and make time for others.
Rushdie was heavily criticized by figures across the political spectrum for being offensive. People tried to “cancel” Rushdie long before that term was invented.
Is history decided by discernible laws or does it unfold based on random, unpredictable occurrences?