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“Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized,” Fox News’ president said in a statement.
It’s been there the whole time, but researchers couldn’t see it because they’d always cut through it.
Did the Universe begin at time t=0? Did space and time emerge from that? The Universe, today, is expanding and cooling, as the volume of the Universe increases while the number […]
The legendary DARPA tests technology that lets soldiers control drones with their minds.
Do you have a magnetic compass in your head?
Organizational behavior expert Dan Cable says disengagement at work is the product of an evolutionary trait. It’s a trait that has a lot to do with our survival and what […]
LEGO folks built an actual, full-sized replica of the Bugatti Chiron—and drove it. What’s next, a Mars rover?
From the inflationary state that preceded the Big Bang to our cold, lonely, dark energy-dominated fate, the Universe goes through six different eras. We’re living in the last one already. The […]
A Chicago lawmaker says UBI is not only a way to ensure people still get paid as automation displaces their jobs, but that it’s also a safeguard against the inevitable sociopolitical strife that would follow.
Think Again like you’ve never heard it before. A trip deep into the oldest living folk music in the Western world — that of Epirus, Greece — and what it reveals about why we make music at all.
The U.S. has been in a state of continuous armed conflict since 2001, yet Congress has not declared war on a country since 1942. How have several presidents managed to keep sending troops without a declaration of war, and what does this mean for the American people?
Samsung is planning to unveil a new type of bendable, foldable smartphone that could sell for more than $1,500, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The meaning—and range—of “habitable” goes much farther than we once thought.
A new study shows how reciprocal generosity can benefit you.
This eccentric Spanish spy received medals of honor from both the Nazis and the Allies. How did he do it, and why?
Wray said the investigation was “limited in scope” and “followed standard procedures,” though he seemed to sidestep repeated questions about the involvement of the White House in determining the scope of the investigation.
SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 internet-providing satellites into orbit over the next six years.
Was it a real thing? And the Wise Men? Or are they just myths?
“This country is being ripped apart here,” Flake told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Every physical theory has constants in it. The gravitational constant is remarkably uncertain. When we first began formulating physical laws, we did so empirically: through experiments. Drop a ball off […]
For hundreds of millions of years, most of the starlight never made it through space. Here’s how that changed. Forming stars sounds like the easiest thing in the Universe to do. […]
Two men formerly close to President Donald Trump are now facing prison in a development that could prove consequential for Trump’s longevity in office and the U.S. political system in general.
Artists and fans are the big losers as bot-powered scalpers make a killing.
We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with. “The Universe is all there is, or was, or will be.” That […]
The ability to speak clearly, succinctly, and powerfully is easier than you think
It’s exotic, incredibly cold stuff.
A case for looking beyond the planetary scientist’s (or even the astronomer’s) definition. Ever since 2006, when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined the term planet — introducing the term ‘dwarf […]
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Instead of beating adversaries in games, we might learn more about intelligence if we tried to teach artificial agents to play together as we do: as paladins and elf rangers.