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Today marks the start of the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s great scientific meetings. Many of the panels held in Vancouver […]
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
The marketing guru outlines the current state of brand-building — and highlights four outstanding opportunities for the immediate future.
The Danish philosopher's simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.
Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.
Robots must identify themselves.
There were many other species of human on the planet. Svante Pääbo discovered one of them.
In the Saudi Arabian desert, the Al Naslaa rock formation looks completely unnatural. Its perfectly vertical split remains a mystery.
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
The "Foundation" series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.
Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series helped inspire the field of social physics, which uses math to understand crowd behavior.
In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020's scorching climate data.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
Following two deadly crashes, the FAA has been engaged in a lengthy review process of the Boeing 737. With recent news that the review may continue into 2020, Boeing has opted to halt production of the plane.
The FAA is not amused by flame-throwing drones.
Disagreements are inevitable — we all have different experiences that lead us to be who we are and to what we believe. Almost as inevitable are distrust, suspicion, and even […]
Love, grief, and moral disgust aren't unique to humans. Like chimps, humans sometimes struggle for dominance, but our first impulse is trust and connection. Frans de Waal has spent decades showing that most of what we believe about animals, humans, and the differences between us is wrong.
Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It's already here.
Some of them were surprisingly astute.
If your vision is clear, everything is revelatory. The author of "My Struggle" on writing his way into life.
Existentialism is great and all, but how can you really relate to the ideas if you don't think God is dead? Luckily, we've got just the thing.
Despite accusations of racial stereotyping, most Dutch cities and towns keep the traditional blackface version of 'Zwarte Piet'.
For thousands of years, all over the world, we've told tales of monsters and the undead. Why? Aaron Mahnke, creator of the 'Lore' podcast, on the hunger for mystery.
Several studies confirm that 2016 is shaping up to be the hottest year ever.
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what’s so completely mind-blowing about the great mind of Sir Isaac Newton.
It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.