Learning how a physical system behaves usually means repeating measurements and using statistics to uncover patterns. That ...

We weigh two major revisionist claims about early Islam - that Petra, not Mecca, was the original qibla, and that the Quran’s ...

One estimate by an engineer in SCU forecasts that given 300 "actual" UAP sightings per year — and assuming random ...

Early success rarely predicts greatness. Study of sports champions, Nobel laureates, and chess masters shows early stars ...

Most world class performers were not early stars. Exploring different interests helped them grow, learn, and succeed later in ...

Consciousness has long resisted neat explanations, but a growing body of research suggests the problem may lie in how we ...

Explore the connection between atheism and humanism, the suppression of humanist principles by the church, and the importance of separating church and state.

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical ...

Learn how the Linder Hypothesis connects similar income nations through trade, its demand-based theory, testing obstacles, and its economic impact.

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Here are some of the top moments of 2025 in the Seattle area's arts, culture, outdoors and food scenes. It’s been a year of major shake-ups for Seattle’s art scene, the biggest of which came from ...