If we’re migrating slowly away, is our speed changing, too? Every year, planet Earth completes one revolution around the Sun while spinning on its axis. On a year-to-year basis, our […]
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No one has seen an equinox this early since the 19th century. And you’d better get used to it. This year, on March 19, 2020, the equinox will occur. For a […]
Should other nations start requiring schools to teach climate science, too?
The inventor Nikola Tesla’s esoteric beliefs included unusual theories about the Egyptian pyramids.
An algorithm produced every possible melody. Now its creators want to destroy songwriter copyrights.
A computer coder and a lawyer decide they have a right to speak for all the songwriters that ever lived, those who are alive today, and all those yet to be born.
Estonia has combined a belief in learning with equal-access technology to create one of world’s best education systems.
Researcher discovers a universal slump in life satisfaction.
As time goes on, every galaxy beyond our local group will speed away from us faster and faster. And yet, more will keep appearing. The farther away a galaxy is […]
What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?
Many deserving potential awardees were snubbed by the Nobel committee. But this takes the cake. Every October, the Nobel foundation awards prizes celebrating the greatest advances in numerous scientific fields. Alfred […]
2019 offers an outstanding selection of books, accessories, and much more for the science-lover in your life! With each passing year, a whole slew of new scientific discoveries, refinements, and improvements […]
It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]
Even some teachers suffer from anxiety about math.
It’s far earlier than most teams currently do.
Overcoming assumptions when it comes to gender and capabilities is the key to a successful society.
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The history of the Universe is forever imprinted in our own bodies. We can learn a lot about the history of the Universe just by looking at each of our own […]
Studies on stress and memory have often given conflicting results.
How the story of a statistics student being late to class became the inspiration for the protagonist of Good Will Hunting.
Without quantum physics, the Sun wouldn’t shine at all. Earth, as we know it, is only teeming with life because of the influence of our Sun. Its light and heat provides […]
This year’s June solstice coincides with a new Moon and an annular solar eclipse. Here’s how rare it truly is. As the Earth orbits the Sun, it rotates on its axis. […]
Mathematics is the most useful tool we have for understanding the Universe. But it doesn’t answer to anything on its own. At the frontiers of theoretical physics, many of the most […]
Just because something’s unlikely doesn’t mean that anything’s wrong. In our quest to understand the Universe, theoretical physics is perhaps the most powerful tool we have as far as making […]
An Oxford scientist’s controversial theory rethinks dark matter and dark energy.
Why is math the universal language? NASA’s Michelle Thaller solves that one.
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There’s concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.
It’s 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how. How old is the Universe? For generations, people argued over whether the Universe had always existed, whether it […]
“It is almost impossible to put into words the difference that Alan Turing made to society.”
We all share atoms with every person, living or dead, on Earth. There’s more in common among us than you might think. When you eat food, drink liquids, or even breathe […]
Here are 10 physics courses you can take now with some of the best experts in the world.
The green market is growing exponentially. But will the U.S. seize the economic opportunity?