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A man in a suit stands facing a large human eye, positioned at the center of the pupil as if about to step inside.

The science of consciousness is solving the biggest illusion in our universe

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A person with long white hair sits smiling on a chair, set against a painted backdrop of classical architecture and a sky with clouds.

The truth of Ancient Rome hides under its myth of decadence

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A man sits on a stool in front of a backdrop displaying a declining graph with bar charts and red trend lines, suggesting a downward trend in data.

How your cognitive biases lead to terrible investing behaviors

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Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma isn’t the event, it’s the response

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Bessel van der Kolk

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Become stronger: Jumpstart your anti-fragile systems

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Richard Reeves: Why working-class men are facing the sharpest decline

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A man sits on a chair in a photo studio, flanked by black-and-white illustrations of an early human ancestor on the left and a modern man running on the right.

The evolution of laziness: Why humans resist the gym

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01:13:32 min

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Daniel Lieberman

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Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible

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The neuroscience of extremes: ruthless psychopathy to extraordinary generosity

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Two ancient coins depicting explicit erotic scenes with human figures in sexual positions, shown against a black background.

The Roman Empire, explained in 39 minute

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An older man in a suit and red tie sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with a colorful outer space scene in the background.

Michio Kaku wants to solve Einstein’s unfinished equation

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What 85 years of research says is the real key to happiness

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Robert Waldinger

A man with long curly hair sits on a chair in a white hallway, surrounded by illustrated documents, maps, and notes taped to a gray wall.

The hidden process of becoming a CIA agent, from a former spy

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Andrew Bustamante

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Are black holes the key to unlocking a quantum theory of gravity?

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The science-backed guide to having better sex

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A woman in a pink suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop while U.S. dollar bills fall around her on a black background.

Legal fraud: How the books get cooked

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Kelly Richmond Pope

Helen Fisher: How science can explain heartbreak

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A sequence of six yellow-gold spheres illustrates stages of cell division against a black background.

Life is older, weirder, and more interconnected than we ever thought

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A human cell and the Earth are shown side by side in outer space against a starry background.

The unlikely asteroid collision that made your life possible

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Sean B. Carroll

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Move your body, grow your brain: the science of hippocampal neurogenesis

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Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality

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An older man sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by rows of hanging beef carcasses in a meat processing facility.

Peter Singer: Animal suffering is human responsibility

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A man in a suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with illustrated green skyscrapers, solar panels, and trees in the background.

A liberal critique of liberalism: What needs to change

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A man in a black suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, surrounded by several monarch butterflies on a bright blue background.

Your life is at the mercy of seemingly random tiny events

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A person sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop in a loft-style room with brick walls, dark flooring, and two windows.

Conflict, crisis, consumption: What’s eating our nation?

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A person sits in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by a cosmic map with galaxies and celestial objects.

Where did our universe come from?

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Love, sex, and happiness, explained by philosophy | Jonny Thomson: Full Interview

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A person in a suit sits on a chair against a cosmic background with galaxies and stars.

Searching for aliens and Earth 2.0 | David Kipping: Full Interview

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff

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Hannah Ritchie: We can tackle our biggest environmental problems | Full Interview

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A man in a suit stands facing a large human eye, positioned at the center of the pupil as if about to step inside.

The science of consciousness is solving the biggest illusion in our universe

“Consciousness is fundamental. It’s a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

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A bearded man wearing glasses and a plaid shirt speaks with a microphone clipped to his collar in front of a purple background with white dots.

How Rainn Wilson discovered sacredness

The hospital where Rainn Wilson’s wife and son nearly died became his own personal holy site. There, he discovered that the sacred can exist in places we least expect it. During his talk at A Night of Awe and Wonder, he explained how the awe we feel in moments of courage and love is moral beauty — and following it might be the start of our spiritual revolution.

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A timeline diagram showing portraits of various scientists, documents, and equations connected by arrows, illustrating the historical development of quantum mechanics.

Why general relativity would’ve been discovered without Einstein

“The messy reality of it is that all of these very smart people, including Isaac Newton, were talking to other people.”

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How the myth of destiny distorts our decisions

“When you start to accept that you have profound influence on the world, but very limited control, you start to see the world differently.”

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Want to be more productive? Start by doing less

“In most instances, ‘good enough’ is good enough.” A time management expert, a cognitive scientist, and a psychologist share their takes on productivity, perfectionism, and the harm of hustle culture.

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