The last image puts it all in perspective. Compared to what we find in our Solar System, galaxies are truly enormous. The Sun may be 109 times the diameter of […]
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What do communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have in common with U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan? Hint: It’s the same thing they have in […]
In this 1915 map, Lady Liberty shines her light in the West on women in the East, still in electoral darkness
Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.
Recent American presidents have all faced a crisis of legitimacy in a trend that threatens the health of our democracy.
Signals from across the universe point toward a fascinating possibility.
There has been a dramatic increase in abuse and misuse.
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant ‘Medimartian Sea.’
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
Numerous U.S. Presidents invoked the Insurrection Act to to quell race and labor riots.
Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.
A Cornell Health physician has blended rap and medicine to better educate kids on coronavirus guidelines.
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
Can a real pandemic (such as COVID-19) turn into mass hysteria?
Can the American government stop coronavirus spread? Its past actions speak volumes.
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
Don’t feel like going out to vote? These ten thinkers have something to tell you.
The Harvard Medical School’s clinical professor of psychiatry wrote the book on the topic.
For the first time in many years, there’s currently a comet visible to the naked eye in Earth’s night sky: comet NEOWISE. For the first time in many years, there’s currently […]
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
It’s the largest, most massive planet in the Solar System. But what’s the real story behind all the impacts on Jupiter? One of the most terrifying prospects here on Earth is […]
Maps show the oldest company in (nearly) every country – and a few interesting corporate trends.
Living 150 years sounds great… till you consider the effects on population.
How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.
Social distancing won’t be easy, but science shows us how to make it more manageable.
Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.
A review of Matthew Engelke’s How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
If galaxies are cities in the Universe, how unfortunate that our ‘cosmic country’ is dissolving. On the largest cosmic scales of all, planet Earth appears to be anything but special. […]
Remembering a 1972 symposium gathering of the world’s greatest physicists.