AI chatbots are standardizing how people speak, write, and think. If this homogenization continues unchecked, it risks reducing humanity's collective wisdom and ability to adapt, computer scientists ...

The United States is at war with Iran, Anthropic is at war with the Department of Defense, and Palantir CEO Alex Karp is at ...

The world is full of theories of everything. The smartphone theory of everything argues that our personal devices are responsible for the rise of political polarization, anxiety, depression, and ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

Researchers have demonstrated that the brain’s connection patterns can predict the function of each region across a wide range of cognitive tasks. This discovery strengthens the idea that how the ...

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Before they were internet bogeymen, the thinkers of the Frankfurt School were revolutionary intellectuals grappling with a world that seemed permanently broken. Born out of the failed German ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

"Critical thinking, and especially the cultivation of the habit of asking 'why' and requiring plausible justification for policies or actions, is a shield against bias, prejudice, propaganda, ...

Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode What can you control in this chaotic world? What do you want out of life? Instead of ignoring daunting questions like this, designer Bill Burnett says we should ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good vibes could have a physical effect on the immune system. Positive, hopeful ...