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After a wait of 397 years in orbit, we’re finally getting a truly ‘Great’ Conjunction. Recently, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn finally met. Looking towards the southwest skies from […]
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
It occurred naturally, and scientists know this for certain. Starting in late 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began infecting human beings for the very first time. Discovered in samples […]
65 million years ago, an asteroid strike caused the 5th great mass extinction. Could we save Earth, today, from a similar event?
What does it mean to “lead without authority”?
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Circle spoofing is an advanced form of GPS manipulation – but nobody knows exactly how, or why.
Since 1957, the world’s space agencies have been polluting the space above us with countless pieces of junk, threatening our technological infrastructure and ability to venture deeper into space.
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
The 20th century was marked by waves of pro-democracy revolutions. Now, the future of democracy looks uncertain.
What makes something a hit or a flop? Sit and ponder that one, and you’ll find it’s a stumper. At first, the answer seems obvious: popularity. That’s not quite right […]
Sir Ken Robinson died on August 21 of cancer at the age of 70.
The British economic anthropologist Jason Hickel proposes “degrowth” in the face of recession.
How could we create a technology capable of replacing our own reality?
Despite the enormous flood of recent reports, there’s no good evidence for a lab leak. At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally […]
Big dreams and big telescopes are back at last, but everything depends on sufficiently funding NASA, the NSF, and the DOE.
Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?
To create wiser adults, add empathy to the school curriculum.
Instead of looking forward, we should be consulting the past.
So far, 30 student teams have entered the Indy Autonomous Challenge, scheduled for October 2021.
See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.
Join two-time NBA champion Shane Battier live at 1 pm ET this Monday.
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A new study explores how the brain encodes different scents — a topic which scientists know relatively little about, compared to our other senses.
A team at Mount Sinai has discovered the neural mechanism behind social isolation.
For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
Neuroscience explains terrifying ordeals, from out-of-body experiences to alien abductions.
Being aware of this issue is a big first step in helping vulnerable communities (such as those struggling with addiction) combat relapse during this pandemic.
It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.