A comprehensive new study finds that lefties are, in fact, better at advanced math.
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But if a radical new idea comes to fruition, maybe we can find them after all. After decades of planning, building, prototyping, upgrading, and calibrating, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) […]
Here are five points from the World Economic Forum at Davos that can help men and women work together for gender equality.
How did our world come to be ruled by a view of human nature that contradicts the testimony of much of history, and the bulk of the arts, and your daily experience? Mathoholics are to blame.
A large-scale study of students in Maastricht provides valuable data on student performance.
The cryptocurrency bitcoin has been surging in the stock market. How does bitcoin work and will its success last?
One achievable solution can stop the epidemic of school shootings in the United States without restricting the guns of law-abiding citizens.
Dark energy means that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. But how big will it get, and how fast? Our Universe, as we observe it today, is a vast, enormous place, full […]
What would it be like to experience the 4th dimension?
Dylan McWilliams was bit by a shark in Hawaii less than a year after being bit by a bear in Colorado. What are the odds? There’s an old saying out there […]
How far back in time would you need to travel to find a common human ancestor of people living today? The answer is surprisingly recent.
Here’s the first evidence to challenge the “fastest sperm” narrative.
For Women’s History Month we have a list of seven all women teams who changed history. Some were scientists, some soldiers, some living, and some long gone. All of them shaped the world.
Many great minds have plenty of bad things to say about democracy, but what about the people who think it is great?
Early childhood science education can have significant positive effects on the achievement gap and on students’ educational outcomes later on.
Before Hawking, black holes were just static points in the background of space. His greatest scientific legacy taught us just how dynamic they are. In 1915, Albert Einstein published his General […]
Studies indicate that most guns are owned by a small amount of Americans, while the majority’s views on gun control issues are ignored by lawmakers.
A common belief that regulations are a burden on businesses is challenged by Maryn McKenna’s book Big Chicken.
Can understanding science make pop culture better, and can understanding pop culture make science more interesting? Absolutely.
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Think we’ll just responsibly choose more fuel efficient vehicles, and the market will take care of the rest? Good luck with that. Since the first oil crisis of the 1970s, there […]
Greatest job ever? NASA will pay six-figures to a Planetary Protection Officer.
Why not just put your detectors in place of a giant mirror? “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” –Yousuf […]
So you think you’re “not a math person”? International Mathematical Olympiad coach Po-Shen Loh strongly disagrees.
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Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.
Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.
Those awful almost-changes they made? They could have avoided the whole problem by simply doing the math. Designed for artists, writers, and creatives* of all different persuasions, Patreon has become a […]
Should scientists and the more technological minded be given more power in a capitalist world?
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While it’s reasonable to trust that science will eventually answer our unsolved questions, assuming that it has all of the answers right now is not.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “One of the things that I think is missing in the educational pipeline in America is… a class on what science is, and how and why it works.”
“The quality of homework assigned is so poor that simply getting kids to read, replacing homework with self-selected reading, was a more powerful alternative,” said Professor Richard Allington.