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Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.

Sabine Hossenfelder talks about Albert Einstein, dead grandmothers, the physics of aging, and more in this full interview with Big Think.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life.

This network physicist is mapping the world’s most significant data to create the most beautiful visualizations of information we have ever seen.

Aimless wandering is essential for understanding yourself. Here’s why.

Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.

Richard Reeves explains the big problems facing men today — and why no one is talking about them.

Forget AI. Gene editing is still our most powerful — and dangerous — technology.

From DMT elves, to God, to the figures in our dreams — why are humans so obsessed with the supernatural?

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Humans, like animals, are driven by instincts. But we also have wants. Here’s what that means for our lives.

Why do the worst people rise to power? University College London professor Brian Klaas responds.

Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?

This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.

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How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.

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Why the best negotiators are nice, not tough.

How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.

A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.

This is not your average dream interpreter. Nightmares, as explained by a neuroscientist.

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“All the plausible paths to a really great future, involve the development of machine superintelligence at some point.”