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A fresh view of intelligence — spanning living systems from bacteria to human civilization — challenges the idea that it’s merely problem-solving.

Temple Grandin’s story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.

“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”

From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.

Philosopher Peter Singer argues it’s time to examine a morally dubious practice.

Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.

In “Moral Ambition,” Dutch historian Rutger Bregman argues that all would benefit from a collective redefinition of success.

TikTok and its allies won’t go down without a legal fight.

The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it’s time to overthrow that idea.

Since 1962, humanity has been sending messages into space with the intent to make contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. Are those efforts worth the risks?

The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?

In ancient Rome, collective bathing was the norm. In the West today, it’s the exception — and that’s too bad.

Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

Can targeted interventions save Americans?

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

Science fiction met nuclear fission when Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd pondered the explosive potential of nuclear energy.

Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.

Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.

Mary Toft staged an elaborate hoax, but the pain was real.

If we took the values and principles of cooperation to the next level, we could effectively tackle many crises.

Nearly 2000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii but incinerating Herculaneum. The most lethal volcanic phenomenon is at fault.

Depression might be similar to dreaming.

Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.

From COVID and cancer vaccines to a steady drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty, there are reasons for optimism in 2023.

Clever girl.

The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we’ve heard before.

Though a single measurement is not enough to definitively decide the debate, this is a major win for dark matter proponents.

Three years after the pandemic began, we still don’t know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.

Instead of worshipping Yahweh, the devotees were perhaps dedicated to Mars and Jupiter.

Our society mostly emphasizes developing logical, procedural thinking skills, but this isn’t the only way to come up with great ideas.