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Why the effects of aging are detrimental to being the U.S. president.
Night at Smithsonian topped the Box Office this Memorial Day weekend with a smash opening of more than $70M outpacing Terminator Salvation which scored a $43M debut. Museum directors and […]
The key? A computational flattening algorithm.
“It’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”
Grab a sword, a small plate, and a young child. We’ve got a demon to summon.
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche’s titular character asks in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”
The nonprofit made a bold gamble on the limits of “fair use” — and federal courts have not backed their play.
MIT Scientist Jason Soderblom describes how the NASA mission will study the geology and composition of the surface of Jupiter’s water-rich moon and assess its astrobiological potential.
From Einstein to Twain, Garson O’Toole investigates the truth behind your favorite — and often misattributed — quotes.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.
How will we actually feel when the things we do with care are suddenly dealt with in seconds by AI? Here’s a preliminary plan.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
AIs can imitate but not innovate — for now, at least.
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
In ancient Rome, collective bathing was the norm. In the West today, it’s the exception — and that’s too bad.
It’s like combining Google Translate with a time machine.
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
Glimpse into the ancient Maya empire through the writing of its own inhabitants.
Almost 18,000 projects, brought together on one clickable map.
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.
A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
The Chegg cheating scandal reveals a critical need to rethink the student experience in post-COVID education.
Love him or hate, Karl Marx redefined geopolitics and shook up the world order.
It’s not the caffeine; it’s the people.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.