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Reddit can reveal a lot, depending on how you interpret the data.
Mind-boggling as it is, some of the world’s roundest countries are also some of the most rectangular ones.
1,007 people were surveyed about their political affiliations and opinions, and their music tastes to learn to what extent they correspond to each other. Survey results are shown as infographics.
Would there be only blackness past the event horizon? Or something more? Black holes are some of the most perplexing objects in the entire Universe. Objects so dense, where gravitation […]
Almost two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. say they’re burned out, depressed, or both. What do we do when the very people charged with safeguarding our health against the effects of burnout are themselves suffering from burnout?
On September 1, launched a $2.5 million project called “Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D” or as many scientists know it – the “scan-all-vertebrates” project. Sponsored by the National Science […]
Few know about the trillion dollar crime that stole pay raises while weakening our economy. The “lootocrats” and their courtiers are taking us for a ride.
Despite what Hawking told you, it really isn’t about particle-antiparticle pairs at all. Nothing in the Universe lives forever. All the stars that will ever form will someday burn out; distant […]
To help dramatize the need for us to open our minds about the potential nature of extraterrestrial life, experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats has built instruments and composed music for aliens.
Dr. Alex Berezow talks about the importance of communicating science in a clear and accurate way and why he turns to religion for the answers to some questions.
Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past even the limits of Hubble. One of the most profoundly remarkable properties about our atmosphere is that […]
Looks like we finally know some answers that they didn’t in 1940.
What do luck, death, and Texas have in common? They’re all part of our weekly random fact roundup.
How do you go from background extra to leading man? Listen to acting legend Bryan Cranston’s pragmatic advice.
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In the quantum world of the unstable, even identical particles don’t have identical masses. In the microscopic world of the quantum particle, there are certain rules that are wholly unfamiliar […]
Even before we have the James Webb Space Telescope, a controversy over when the first stars formed is growing. As far back as our most powerful telescopes have ever looked, we’ve […]
If the Sun is 93 million miles away, why does sunlight filtering through the clouds or the trees spread out? Rays of sunshine are one of those natural sights that leave […]
Which is better? Paper towels or electronic hand dryers? Click through to find out. Plus, we give you the best handwashing tips so that you’ll get the cleanest hands.
Cosmologists behind braneworld theories see our universe as being a part of a complex inter-dimensional world.
In a sense, a proton acts very much like a star.
The online dating world has become more and more profitable as single people search for love.
And that’s the good news, because the percentage found in your tap water is much higher.
Burnout has three major characteristics: emotional and physical exhaustion, a cynical attitude towards people at work, and a feeling that you’re no longer accomplishing anything worthwhile.
The Saudi blockade of its tiny neighbour Qatar could soon change the very geography of the region.
There’s a new, highly secure way to vote and count ballots, and it’s just been tested in a real-world election.
You’ve probably seen it hanging around. But how did it get there? And can we live there?
Richard Feynman wrote a lot of things. Here, you can read his most touching letter.
USC successfully tests an implanted memory prosthesis that improves biological human memory.
Was Oscar Wilde—witty author, gay rights icon, and lover of champagne and material beauty—a radical socialist?