The Biggest Questions: What is death?
Just as birth certificates note the time we enter the world, death certificates mark the moment we exit it. This
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Big Questions
The Biggest Questions: Why is the universe so complex and beautiful?
Why isn’t the universe boring? It could be. The number of subatomic particles in the universe is about 1080, a
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The Biggest Questions: Is it possible to really understand someone else’s mind?
Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s not easy, mind you. First, you must
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The Biggest Questions: How did life begin?
How life begins is one of the biggest and hardest questions in science. All we know is that something happened
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The Biggest Questions: Are we alone in the universe?
In 1977, the New York Times published an article titled “Seeking an End to Cosmic Loneliness,” describing physicists’ attempts to
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