Meditating will make you more open to a plant-based diet, says legendary music producer Russell Simmons, who calls eating meat "the biggest karmic disaster in the world."
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Considered a major inspiration for the founding of the international Scouting movement, Major Frederick Russell Burnham was an adventurer who wrote on the power of leadership.
About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
A computer that could decidedly pass Alan Turing's test would represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence.
Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that's how we talk about time.
After 100 million nights of people asking, "What are those twinkly lights?" it is pretty remarkable that we happen to live in one of the first generations that actually knows the answer.
If you truly want to understand modern astrophysics, knowing how to read this graph is essential.
Mastodons, rhinos, and even camels — all in the great state of California.
Avi Loeb says it’s aliens. Every other astronomer disagrees. Here’s why. In 2017, an astronomical event occurred that was unlike any other: for the first time, we observed an object that […]
New research suggests you can't fake your emotional state to improve your work life — you have to feel it.
Puerto Rico's iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
The pendulum didn’t tick right when they brought it here: the start of a fascinating story. For nearly three full centuries, the most accurate way that humanity kept track of […]
The campaign promise could only become law if the Labour Party wins the general election in December.
Representation matters. Meet five stellar women in physics who were unjustly denied their place in history. Nobel season is now over, with another year in the books of celebrating the scientists […]
While the trend towards mindfulness is a pleasant idea, it might not actually be solving anything.
These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology. Their stories continue to intrigue those interested in personality and identity, nature and nurture, and the links between mind and body.
Exactly 65 years after the end of the Korean war, these soldiers are headed home.
It can be hard to understand why a person would be an atheist. Bertrand Russell is here to help.
Does everybody really need to work? What three philosophers have to say about our dedication to finding everybody a job.
50 years after his assassination, a look back at five ways Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the U.S.
Friedrich Nietzsche is an influential thinker, but he is not without critics. One of the best of them is British philosopher Bertrand Russell.
One of the stranger philosophies currently enjoying a renewal of interest is also that of your favorite group of magical space wizard monks.
A college professor used YONDR pouches to stop students from accessing their smartphones.
99 years ago, General Relativity was still unproven. During the 1918 eclipse, a small team of Americans almost changed that. “Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world […]
And England almost burned themselves down as a result. “When Benjamin Franklin inveted the lightning rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it […]
Elon Musk, Sam Harris, Ray Kurzweil and other visionaries discuss AI superintelligence at a recent conference.
The philosopher believed we craved for something less pleasant.