Among the general public, people compare it to the aether, phlogiston, or epicycles. Yet almost all astronomers are certain: dark matter and dark energy exist. Here’s why. If you go by […]
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Ruinophilia. The science of loneliness. Live at UntitledTown Book and Author Festival, Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Research suggests that your name affects the level of success you’ll achieve in your career and love life, and even where you choose to live.
When two different techniques give two different results, either someone is wrong, or something incredible is happening. Imagine you were a scientist attempting to measure some property of the Universe. […]
If antimatter falls up instead of down, countless sci-fi dreams will become scientific reality. One of the most astonishing facts about science is how universally applicable the laws of nature […]
The less that parents “walk the walk” about religious beliefs, the more likely their children are to walk away.
Galaxy NGC 1277 is revealed as a relic galaxy that’s barely changed since it formed 10 billion years ago, giving scientists a rare chance to look into the past.
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
The quest to find another Earth may be in vain.
Somewhere out there, perhaps in another place and time, there’s a person who looks like your identical twin stranger — at least to an untrained observer.
Millions will watch on Saturday as Prince Harry marries retired American actress Meghan Markle, but a new poll suggests most Brits aren’t interested in the affair.
In a paper published Monday, security experts outline two attacks that malicious parties could use to gain access to a target’s entire inbox.
When you look at the history of it, a strange pattern emerges.
Although there are many advantages, it could be problematic for one particular group of people.
An eighth-grader from the Dallas area in the winner of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling words like condottiere, ankyloglossia, and jagüey.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft taught us more than we ever imagined about Saturn. Could we do something similar for Uranus and Neptune? From where we are in the Solar System, looking out […]
They were a little optimistic in 1912, but they understood that adding carbon to the atmosphere has side effects.
A little kindness goes a long way. Not being mean goes longer.
Walmart announced Wednesday that it will pay for its 1.4 million employees to attend college, a move that could help the company’s tainted image.
Although the great Martian dust storm of 2018 may have ended its life, its accomplishments will live on forever. Note: This article was originally published on January 25, 2019 on Forbes. […]
Einstein’s explanation is the only one that works. When Newton first proposed the law of universal gravitation, it marked the very first time that we realized the same rule governing how […]
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spent six years writing the definitive history of Reddit.
Or maybe it’s already begun.
It may have been captured by Neptune since it formed, but Triton remains king of the Kuiper belt. Our Solar System is arguably the most well-studied corner of the Universe, with […]
For 55 hours, not a speck of coal was used to toast crumpets in England. How did the U.K. give up the dirtiest fossil fuel?
Middle America is tired of those latte-sipping liberals and their “elite media” hanging out in New York City, but Ariel Levy makes the case that Americans aren’t as different from one another as they’d like to think.
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Having ‘high levels of intelligence’ is no excuse for rejecting quality scientific information. You think of yourself as a generally intelligent person, don’t you? Someone who’s good at deducing fact […]