Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
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Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
Engineers borrowed the maple tree's "helicopter" to design tiny, flying microchips, which perform various tasks while in whirling free fall.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Forgetting and misremembering are the building blocks of creativity and imagination.
Stem cell-derived chondrocytes could be the key to regenerating damaged cartilage.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
Even with all the recent impacts we've seen, it might be more "foe" than "friend" to us.
Words of wisdom from H.P. Lovecraft, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dr. Temple Grandin, Hannah Gadsby and more.
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That's why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event in history.
The controversy over the universe's expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
Some neurology experiments — such as growing miniature human brains and reanimating the brains of dead pigs — are getting weird. It's time to discuss ethics.
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
Satire and an inflated sense of self-importance collide in a series of maps that goes back more than 100 years in American history.
Science is an ongoing flirtation with the unknown.
Want some crazy space phenomena? You don't have to leave the neighborhood for it.
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) […]
Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.