Books

The “atomic bombs” in H.G. Wells’ 1914 novel The World Set Free influenced a pioneer of real-world nuclear weapons: physicist Leó Szilárd.

Speed reading programs claim to teach students how to read more quickly without reducing comprehension. Research shows that they don't work.

Success can be based on the fundamental observation that working complex systems arise from working simple systems.

Just like today with AI, people worried about the printing press' effect on job security and the spread of disinformation.

Science fiction writers have anticipated a variety of modern inventions, from cars to organ transplants. Some books barely seem like fiction.

Reasoning by yourself is a much weaker tool than contributing your reasoning to a group and being flexible to changing your mind.

In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle proposed that humans are social, rational animals who seek to “live well.”

Life's modern distractions, such as news and social media, have overwhelmed our evolutionarily designed attention spans.

What if there is nothing special about self-awareness? What if it is just evolutionary dead weight, bound to disappear soon?

A study by Yale researchers finds that reading books in particular returns cognitive gains that increase longevity.