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The Israeli historian has plenty to say.

This year’s prize represents not just a single example of brilliant work, but generations of advancements that led to it. Every year, the most prestigious prize in the most fundamental of […]

From billions of miles away, a faint, single pixel shows us how precious and alone Earth truly is. There are people alive today who can remember a time where no human-made […]

An exhaustive report from The New York Times shows the alarming extents to which Facebook has been sharing user data.

It’s okay to be skeptical. That’s why we have evidence. In all of human history, only 24 people have ever flown to the vicinity of the Moon, traveling hundreds of […]

To raise awareness on one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, the team partnered up with Adidas and Parley, a campaign group working to stop waste plastic getting into the oceans.

Here’s the link to watch it live.

Cryptocurrencies have had their time in the spotlight. Now it’s time to focus on solving bigger problems.

Once again, our circadian rhythm points the way.

Between Carl Sagan’s laughter, the brainwaves of somebody in love, and a live theremin concert, humanity has sent a lot of data out into the stars.

In 2017, we saw gravitational waves a neutron star merger for the first and only time. And it keeps getting more interesting. On August 17, 2017, a cosmic signal arrived […]

Think America would never elect a socialist? Think again.

Throughout history, anarchists have been responsible for bombings and assassinations, including some very recent ones.

Beef, salt, and water is all the Canadian professor eats. Is that sustainable?

Representation matters. Meet five stellar women in physics who were unjustly denied their place in history. Nobel season is now over, with another year in the books of celebrating the scientists […]

July 16, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the mission that first landed a man on the Moon.

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Two tech titans can’t agree on the one thing that could come to define our times: A.I. What do they have to say on the matter?

By the late 18th century, up to 70% of the soldiers manning the ships of the Dutch East India Company came from outside the Netherlands

Despite being 28 years old and having a gyroscope failure, Hubble still delivered these 10 amazing snapshots in 2018. Year after year since its 1990 launch, Hubble keeps revolutionizing our view […]

The famed author headed to the pond thanks to Indian philosophy.

Stars don’t stay the same throughout their life, and the Sun is no exception. Here’s what’s going on. Here on Earth, the ingredients for life to survive, thrive, evolve, and sustain […]

Future vacationing could be pretty different.

No, the Syrian civil war is not over. But it might be soon. Time for a recap.

The history of life on Earth took many meandering turns before it gave rise to us. When Earth first formed, all the raw ingredients for life — atoms, molecules, a potentially habitable planet […]

At ground zero, Trinitite, the green, glassy substance found in the area, is still radioactive and must not be picked up. The Trinity Site was where the first atomic bomb […]

The densest objects in the Universe are also the most difficult to destroy. But eventually, destruction always prevails. There are quite a few ways to make the black holes we […]

Whether you caught or missed the eclipse of January 20/21, 2019, here’s what you need to know for all the ones you’ll ever view again. On January 20/21, 2019, a very […]

Mark Zuckerberg has infamously downplayed Facebook’s responsibilities as a business in the content creation space. Instead, he defends it as a technology platform.

A new study contests the benefits of meditation in the workplace. We show everything that’s wrong with the research.