Something’s got to be wrong. But is it what we think about the star, the Universe, or something else? “The older you get, the more you realize that the way […]
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A recent study shows that migrant workers in the U.K. are three times less likely to be absent from work than their native counterparts.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Actor and author Alan Alda on the art of communication (for good and evil), social anxiety, the mind of a billionaire, and more.
Memory illusions may be making us overconfident about our memory recall.
What if alien life — or even intelligence — don’t look like what we’re searching for? When the original Star Trek premiered, it was revolutionary for depicting sentient, intelligent species other than humans, living […]
In 2016 Americans spent $16.4 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery. What does that say about the health of our psyche?
Is moral superiority the reason American society is so polarized?
If the gravity isn’t where the matter is, things get into trouble very, very quickly. The above image, a composite of optical data, X-ray data, and a reconstructed mass map, is […]
NASA scientists are sifting through some of the last transmissions from Cassini. And what they’re finding are kittens. You read that right.
The Body-Mass Index is a poor way to determine your health. Try this more important ratio instead.
There have been a lot of public advocates from the “no dark matter” camp, getting lots of popular attention. But the Universe still needs dark matter. Here’s why. If you took […]
Reading popular science articles is a fun pastime for many people, and can help everybody understand the world of science. But is there a downside to making this information so easy to understand?
How did black holes get so supermassive so fast? Astrophysics may be about to find out, thanks to three big 2017 discoveries. There’s a big problem when we look at […]
The community of microorganisms that live inside of your stomach is one of the most important markers of health, physically and psychologically.
Would you work at a job that didn’t treat you like a professional? No wonder public education drove their best teachers away. The ultimate dream of public education is incredibly simple. […]
John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, and Maya Angelou all had different approaches to writing. Here’s some of their best advice.
Mathematicians are working to combat partisan gerrymandering.
India is a vast land, rich in history, beauty, and great ideas. Here, we want to introduce you to ten great minds in Indian thought. These ten thinkers span thousands of years, include several religions, and more than a few fields of expertise.
Can genius be reproduced from extracted DNA? Introducing the Leonardo Project.
This is the first vision test of a fetus from inside the womb.
Just because it isn’t Thanksgiving anymore doesn’t mean we don’t have an entire Universe to be thankful for. Every day, we have a choice whether we take our lives, our existence, […]
If you want to be a memory champion, this test is a good way to get started. Then maybe we can get a start on curing Alzheimer’s.
Rationality isn’t the rule, it’s rare. That’s true of the sort of optimizing rationality that economists presume we all have (even though many economists themselves fall short of that standard).
New research shows how parrots and crows learn new skills through play. Can adults implement this advice?
The benefits of living in urban centers, where populations are more dense, include more accessibility to leisure, health, and safety services, according to a new study out of the UK.
Even our most imaginative expectations of AI are only primitive — but as neuroscience understands the brain more deeply, it will unlock the full potential of hybrid intelligence.
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Google is closing in on achieving a major quantum computing milestone.
This is huge news for the 285 million visually impaired people around the world.
The ‘big discovery’ is nothing of the kind. We need a new planet-finding mission to probe the next frontier. Last week, NASA dropped a bombshell that it’s Kepler mission — the greatest […]