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Scientific innovation is not only one of America’s greatest successes, but also what makes America great.

Author-musician James McBride claims that James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, holds the secret to America’s race-torn soul.

The new “most distant galaxy” is a shocker! “Our spectroscopic observations reveal the galaxy to be even farther away than we had originally thought, right at the distance limit of what […]

If I were to say that “crocodiles sleep with their eyes closed,” and then a week later ask you if “crocodiles sleep with their eyes open,” what would you say? The answer might surprise you.

If you ask an American politician, God is crushing hard on America. 

A new study shows how children who face difficult times grow up to be anxious adults. Luckily, there’s something we all can do. 

Our Universe is becoming colder, sparser and emptier. But is that its inevitable, ultimate fate? “Quintessence is a dynamic, time-evolving, and spatially dependent form of energy with negative pressure sufficient to […]

Experimentation-out-of-love is often inefficient and hard to measure. It isn’t always “solution-oriented.” But it’s as necessary and natural to us as breathing, and all too easily swept under the rug. 

How do you map a half-discovered country? You make up the other half!

This is a map of the online world. Each country is resized for the popularity of its domain name. The eye is immediately drawn to the map’s greatest anomaly: Tokelau. 

Mars used to be a warm, wet world, filled with oceans, rivers, and maybe even life. Here’s what happened. “Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying how the universe […]

Words of wisdom from the 32nd president of the United States: “More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.” FDR’s words are inspiring, but are they feasible?

With Valentine’s Day in the past, that’s no reason to forget about the best part of that holiday! “Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.” –Fernando Pessoa One of the […]

Don’t let delusions of freewheeling grandeur fool you; the best advice for a young entrepreneur is to establish values and rules, and then live up to them.

We often think of willpower as mentally forging ahead. But to achieve such a mental state, our brain needs proper nourishment.

Kill stress and gain perspective by way of creative expression.

It’s been 60 years since Rosa Parks stood up for equality on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. What would she have to say today?

Amidst international conversations about climate change, Chinese artists are turning pollution into an artistic endeavor.

People who prevail in competitions have an unfortunate tendency to swindle others to keep up their winning streaks. Even a small win against an unfamiliar foe in a game with very low stakes seems to light a fire that makes it easier to swindle and defraud our fellow human beings.

A new study reveals who is searching online for ADHD drugs, and the relaxed attitude toward “study drug” abuse. 

Throwback Thursday: How Dark Matter’s #1 Competitor Died The only way out is to modify the laws of gravity, and our best observations rule those modifications out. “The discrepancy between […]

As Snowden’s public profile continues to grow, it will be interesting to see how governments navigate their criticisms of him.

As we all still recover from the Paris attacks, remember the beauty and joy of one of the most forgotten French discoveries. “Truth is more valuable if it takes you […]

Why did Jackie Robinson have to break baseball’s color line in 1947 after another man broke it almost 70 years before?

Although it seems savvy to defer to “the data,” the devil is in the mixed details. For example, humans on average have one testicle and one ovary.      

Our ape ancestors might give us insight into the GOP frontrunner’s sustained dominance.

Why the argument that “this idea is absurd” is no argument at all. “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and […]

The Planck satellite measures the polarization of light, inferring our galaxy’s magnetic field. The result is spectacular art. “It is true that we are made of dust. And the world […]

New research shows that the most effective leaders, from Abraham Lincoln to Jeff Bezos, are always questioning their own convictions. 

There’s an immense amount of power in data, power that can be harnessed to help keep you healthy.