Philosophy
Plato’s best (and worst) ideas
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Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created...
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Motivation and Emotion
Social animal - David Brooks
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Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights...
A dangerous development in political polarization - Wyatt Huang
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Political polarization has become an increasingly common and prevalent development in the modern...
Social Psychology
What Aristotle and Joshua Bell can teach us about persuasion
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Imagine you are one of the world’s greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an...
Health
Why is lead so dangerous to humans?
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Lead is a metallic element that’s distributed across Earth’s crust. When it enters the human...
Literature & Language
Why should you read “Dune” by Frank Herbert?
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A mother and son trek across an endless desert. Wearing special suits to dissipate heat and...
Technology
Network theory
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From social media to massive financial institutions, we live within a web of networks. But how do...
Civics
The lost art of democratic debate - Michael Sandel
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Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel says -- but we're shamefully out of practice....
Social Psychology
Why incompetent people think they're amazing
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How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared...
Social Studies
The history of the world according to rats
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Today, rats are often regarded as the most successful invasive species in the world. The most...
Social Studies
The rise of the Ottoman Empire
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In the late 13th century, Osman I established a small principality sandwiched between a crumbling...
Literature & Language
Why should you read “Moby Dick”?
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A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of...
Science & Technology
The strangest summer in recorded history
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In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun...
Literature & Language
Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”?
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Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and possessing, let alone reading...
Literature & Language
What do all languages have in common?
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Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in...
Earth and Space Science
Could human civilization spread across the whole galaxy?
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Could human civilization eventually spread across the whole Milky Way galaxy? Could we move...
The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire
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Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before Rome...
Health
Should we get rid of pregnancy? | Ada, Ep. 3
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This is episode 3 of the animated series, “Ada.” This 5-episode narrative follows the young...
Philosophy & Religion
5 philosophers on anger
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Anger is a complicated emotion. It can feel reasonable and righteous or impulsive and...
Psychology
To raise brave girls, encourage adventure - Caroline Paul
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Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right...
Business & Economics
What is a gig economy?
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A 2016 survey of freelancers in six countries found that those who freelance by choice– 70% of...
History
A brief history of banned numbers
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They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and authorities have often agreed. From outlawed...
Social Studies
The dangerous race for the South Pole
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By the early 1900’s, nearly every region of the globe had been visited and mapped, with only two...
Health
Ugly History: The U.S. Syphilis Experiment
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Afflicting nearly 1 in 10 Americans, syphilis was ravaging the U.S. in the 1930s. Many doctors...