In honor of John Glenn, here are some of the most badass things that happened in space that you might not know about — but totally should.
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As if the north pole of Saturn weren’t weird enough already. “Cassini is different — it’s a mission of enormous scope and is being conducted in grand style. It is much more sophisticated […]
Percy Shelley’s 1811 essay, “The Necessity of Atheism,” still speaks volumes today.
With off-the-shelf materials and a little dry ice, you can discover particles that wouldn’t exist unless relativity were real. “The experiments that we will do with the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] […]
Amazon announces a new type of smart brick-and-mortar shopping with no checkouts.
How easily grossed out are you? Your sensitivity to disgust reveals more about you than you’d probably be comfortable with, from how you’ll vote in this election to your potential to be a cold-blooded killer.
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What would it take to adopt a basic income? Frank Stilwell, a Professor Emeritus in Political Economy at the University of Sydney, explains the pros and cons.
History’s most powerful female leaders, ranked.
In spite of rumors, billionaire Corona beer founder Antonino Fernández’s estate will not be distributed among the residents of his home town.
If humans are going to explore the solar system, we need to figure out how to live in space. The best way to figure that out is on the Moon — and you can help. Here’s how.
Tim Ferriss shares a bounty of strategies to help you really and truly overcome procrastination. And if it doesn’t do it for you, hey, at least you just killed 10 minutes.
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Emma Seppälä, Ph.D explains the flaws of multitasking, and how meditation can help you achieve mental clarity, increase productivity and even up your levels of charm.
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Are people with blatantly un-scientific views stupid? The authors of Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us have a different view.
Brown dwarfs are the ultimate failed stars, but they might not remain as failed forever. “[Brown dwarfs] appear to live a more exciting life than we presumed. They are too big […]
The beloved honeybee has more in common with vertebrates that anyone thought.
Time crystals could even form stable qubits, making quantum computing possible.
Researchers find the most common superstitions in the United States, breaking them down by gender, age and part of the country.
Mark Zuckerberg insists the future of virtual reality will put “people first.” The development trajectory of the technology tells another story.
An AI expert just stated that it will be considered socially normal to have sex with robots by the year 2040. Sure, you may be having sex with a robot–but what will this mean for your human relationship?
Evidence suggests that gains in symptom reduction are permanent.
Scientists create a portable device that can detect 17 diseases, including 8 different cancers, straight from a person’s breath.
A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.
October had one, November will have one and December will have one, too. What’s the science of Supermoons? “The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It’s […]
If you heard about time crystals, be aware that they do exist. But learn what they mean. “Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time […]
The times in history when science was deadly and dangerous.
New research provides more clues about the age of the world’s most popular book.
Sometimes science is stranger than fiction. “To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the […]
Hans Rosling was a physician and statistics superstar who advised world leaders and tech tycoons.
Studies have shown that cannabidiol (CBD) can help with epilepsy, heart disease, diabetes, and even schizophrenia.
That’s not how probability works. Or asteroids, for that matter. “Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What’s that have to do with space exploration? If we were moving outward from there, […]