Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.
How Imagination Will Save Our Cities
|Mar 11, 2019
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Articles
On Love and Learning
|Mar 10, 2019
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Neuroscientist Richard Davidson on these qualities of character.
Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory
|Mar 9, 2019
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Untangling a peculiar black-hole paradox.
What Is Life?
|Mar 9, 2019
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A podcast about the really, really big questions.
Do Trees Have a “Hidden Life”?
|Mar 8, 2019
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Taking a closer look at the social life of trees and a popular book.
A Different Kind of Theory of Everything
|Mar 8, 2019
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In 1964, during a lecture at Cornell University, the physicist Richard Feynman articulated a profound mystery about the physical world. He told his listeners to imagine two objects, each gravitationally attracted to the other. How, he asked, should we predict their movements? Feynman identified three approaches, each invoking a different belief about the world. The first […]
Is Buddhism Scientific or Religious?
|Mar 8, 2019
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A Buddhist scholar examines the assertion that Buddhism is more like a science of the mind than a religion.
How Big Is the Universe?
|Mar 7, 2019
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The questions kids ask might be the best questions of all. But the answers aren’t always easy.
You Need More Than Willpower
|Mar 7, 2019
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Effective self-control strategies involve much more than willpower, research shows.
Resilient Relationships
|Mar 7, 2019
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An interview with Dr. Jennifer Ripley on couple relationships and resilience.