Satire and an inflated sense of self-importance collide in a series of maps that goes back more than 100 years in American history.
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Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.
Some neurology experiments — such as growing miniature human brains and reanimating the brains of dead pigs — are getting weird. It’s time to discuss ethics.
The controversy over the universe’s expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.
Science is an ongoing flirtation with the unknown.
The world is changing, and technology is driving that change. Today, that observation is about as compelling as the insight that water runs downhill. It’s just what technology (and water) […]
Want some crazy space phenomena? You don’t have to leave the neighborhood for it.
The last image puts it all in perspective. Compared to what we find in our Solar System, galaxies are truly enormous. The Sun may be 109 times the diameter of […]
Signals from across the universe point toward a fascinating possibility.
What do communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have in common with U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan? Hint: It’s the same thing they have in […]
In this 1915 map, Lady Liberty shines her light in the West on women in the East, still in electoral darkness
Recent American presidents have all faced a crisis of legitimacy in a trend that threatens the health of our democracy.
There has been a dramatic increase in abuse and misuse.
Trump is #45 but Pence is #48 – and other strange consequences of the curious office of vice president.
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant ‘Medimartian Sea.’
Numerous U.S. Presidents invoked the Insurrection Act to to quell race and labor riots.
Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.
A Cornell Health physician has blended rap and medicine to better educate kids on coronavirus guidelines.
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
Can a real pandemic (such as COVID-19) turn into mass hysteria?
Can the American government stop coronavirus spread? Its past actions speak volumes.
Don’t feel like going out to vote? These ten thinkers have something to tell you.
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
For the first time in many years, there’s currently a comet visible to the naked eye in Earth’s night sky: comet NEOWISE. For the first time in many years, there’s currently […]
The Harvard Medical School’s clinical professor of psychiatry wrote the book on the topic.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
Maps show the oldest company in (nearly) every country – and a few interesting corporate trends.