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When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
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According to Zena Hitz, the idea of the intellectual has become distorted. She believes “the real thing is something more extraordinary but also more available to us.”
John Templeton Foundation
We seem to have a "progression bias" that nudges us toward pro-relationship decisions and away from breaking up.
The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.
Dating apps have made it easier than ever to find a partner. Paradoxically, the ease of finding matches means some remain perpetually single.
From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing.
A recent study offers new insights into the so-called marriage wage premium.
Mental health, healing and pulling together were key themes of 2021, according to the world’s most popular search engine. Google processes billions of requests every day and its Year in Search […]
In determining what qualifies as solid science, controversy is inevitable.
Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition.
The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.
Whether NASA likes it or not, humans eventually will be having space sex.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
Cities overstimulate our senses and are full of people we don't know. Maybe humans were meant for this.
Think leisure is pointless?
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
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“The Universe is swarming with scapegoats, yet none of us think we have any of our own.”
Winner takes all, losers die, and participants have no choice but to play.
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Propaganda urges you to mobilize towards something while concealing from you things that you reasonably should think and consider.
Too little breathing room, tear gas, and insufficient masks are a recipe for disaster. Police are worsening all three. Across the nation and the world, people of all skin colors are […]
It’s not only about what’s happening right now. Things need to change for good. It could be your colleague, your coworker, your staff member, or your student. As the world mourns […]