Historical geniuses used the “creative nap” to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the “hypnagogic state” can help with problem solving.
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The guilt-free air conditioning, called “cooling paper,” is made from recyclable paper and doesn’t use any electricity.
The massive craft could carry 100 humans to Mars and revolutionize space exploration.
A black swan event is rare but disruptive — and might be predictable.
Some scientists believe that DMT could revolutionize the treatment of depression.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
SpinLaunch’s launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower’s nuclear tech.
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.
A new agricultural revolution could forever change the planet.
As droughts threaten water supplies across the planet, some municipalities aim to utilize an untapped resource: sewage water.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
Buildings don’t have to be permanent — modular construction can make them modifiable and relocatable.
Israeli food-tech company DouxMatok (Hebrew for “double sweet”) has created a sugary product that uses 40 percent less actual sugar yet still tastes sweet.
It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.
From religious wars to French poison conspiracies to the counterculture, we look at the origins of Satanism.
Who are the new black atheists and what is behind their recent growth?
You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
This article was originally published on AlterNet. What kind of world would we have if a majority of the human race was atheist? To hear religious apologists tell it, the […]
This past weekend, I was in Springfield, Missouri for Skepticon V (“the fifth most annual Skepticon yet”). I had such a fantastic time at Skepticon IV in 2011, it was […]
Summary: A solid, informative history of the rise of the American secular movement. Books like Jennifer Michael Hecht’s Doubt: A History or Susan Jacoby’s Freethinkers show how brave nonbelievers have […]