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The latest from Peter Leyden’s “The Great Progression: 2025 to 2050”, an essay series published by Freethink.

In ’12 Rules For Life’, Jordan Peterson shows why listening is the most important aspect of any conversation.

Exponential technologies are rapidly shifting the way we live and do business, says Singularity University’s Peter Diamandis. Those who learn to take advantage of them are sure to ride the wave to extraordinary success.

The first in a series of short stories by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author that inspired the cult hit “Pantheon.”

Since the mid-1960s, the CMB has been identified with the Big Bang’s leftover glow. Could any alternative explanations still work?

Many beloved fantasy adventures take place in worlds that bear a striking resemblance to our own.

Cecilie Fjellhøy, from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, shares her experience.

Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

An enormous amount of antimatter is coming from our galactic center. But the culprit probably isn’t dark matter, but merely neutron stars.

Debate is a verbal sport with winners and losers. As such, it is less about the truth and more about who looks and sounds the best.

This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.

The media sells bad news, but scientific evidence shows that we are making progress toward a greener planet.

All nations have founding myths, but none are quite like Russia’s.

The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.

If you have an old TV set with the “rabbit ear” antennae, and you set it to channel 03, that snowy static can reveal the Big Bang itself.

Next year is the perfect time to have better conversations!

Some intellectuals use charisma and deception to obscure the holes in their arguments. Here is how to see through their smokescreen.

Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.

Learn how to get the best views no matter where you are. Every year, no matter what else is occurring on Earth or in the heavens, you can rely on two […]

Thought expriments are great tools, but do they always do what we want them to?

Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by an excess of antimatter particles. Unfortunately, dark matter is probably not the solution. When you look out at the Universe, what you see […]

For decades, one of the Big Bang’s greatest predictions was shrouded in doubt. The answer was always there on Channel 3. When it comes to the question of how our Universe […]

It shows Europe divided into two bafflingly unfamiliar blocs – what do red and blue stand for?

A robotic teddy bear could improve physical and emotional outcomes in pediatric patients.

Should all ideas see daylight?

Now is a good time to brush up on who’s on the ballot.

The state joins Washington, D.C. in eliminating a predatory system that preys upon low-income people and favors the wealthy.

Losing your job doesn’t have to mean losing your self-respect and self-image. In fact, a little moxie might go a long way.