The continuing cyber threats to American democracy expose the serious vulnerabilities of its Internet and call for dramatic changes.
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A new paper suggests past research on MDMA often overestimated the dangers of the drug because the studies examined heavy users, not average ones.
There’s no escaping its vast power and utility for the human enterprise. Stories, great tales, and songs have all been written about the all-mighty dollar. Here’s 10 documentaries that we think you’ll enjoy.
“In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.” ― Rebecca MacKinnon
Scientists can now virtually reconstruction certain long-dead individuals, without the need for DNA samples from physical remains.
International enrollment and applications to American grad schools are plummeting. This is the opposite of what makes America great. Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, America emerged at the […]
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality are already a big part of the travel industry.
Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, one of three women who’s accused him of sexual assault, are due to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
Think you make moral judgments objectively? Think again.
Onboard Elon Musks’s Tesla Roadster were hidden the first books of of a library in space.
As you live in our hyper-connected world, it may seem strange to realize that thousands of people still live in so-called uncontacted tribes, utterly cut off from modern civilization.
The Universe is expanding, but different techniques can’t agree on how fast. No matter what, something major has got to give. Look out at a distant galaxy, and you’ll see it […]
People with “Maladaptive Daydreaming” spend an average of four hours a day lost in their imagination
“Daydreaming can evolve into an extreme and maladaptive behaviour, up to the point where it turns into a clinically significant condition,” scientists say.
A study finds that re-conditioning married individuals by linking spouse photos to pictures of puppies and bunnies makes us like our mates more.
Some of the meteorites that strike our planet originate from our red neighbor, Mars. Here’s how we know. As the planets orbit the Sun, well-separated from one another, we tend to […]
Pope Francis’ 2018 World Communications Day message explains the dangers of fake news and what journalists and the public must do to combat it.
What seems like sorcery is actually smart science.
It will be the most extreme test of Einstein’s General Relativity ever. And we already have the data. With every year that goes by, the total amount of knowledge that humanity […]
Stephen Fry announces that he’s had surgery for prostate cancer nine the most Stephen-Fry way possible.
Considering that the United States remains the world’s only superpower, that begs the question: How informed are Americans when it comes to their country’s vast global power?
The IAU has just approved a dozen new names for features on Pluto’s moon Charon. They draw from an array of famous authors, characters, mythical objects and one U.S. filmmaker.
Rejection can be soul-crushing, but what if there was an upside? Here’s how really listening to the word “no” can make you more successful.
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Our best physical theories predict that a multiverse exists. But if we can’t test it, is it really scientific? The Universe is all there ever was, all there is, and […]
Facebook’s actions – or inactions – facilitated breaches of privacy and human rights associated with democratic governance. rnrn
Comments are the lifeblood of internet discussion. Here’s some of the best one from this week. Did you make the cut?
A new study shows that environment, not genetics, determines behavioral patterns of eating in youth that persist throughout life.
Artificial intelligence threatens to take over our entire world. And that’s only the 2nd most scary aspect about this documentary shared by Elon Musk.
The disinformation campaigns made famous in 2016 continue.
If we know how big the observable Universe is, why can’t we figure out how big the unobservable part is? 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang occurred. The Universe was […]
Optimal efficiency is a goal that every organization or business strives for. However, achieving that task is easier said than done. Helping employees find ways to increase their efficiency while […]