A new study finds that supposedly healthier standing desks cause physical pain and slow down users’ thinking.
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Why do great minds argue for positions we find repulsive? Today, we find out why Robert Nozick was a libertarian.
Science Debate asks 2018 candidates to discuss their views on 10 vital scientific policy issues.
Researchers find that magic mushrooms can keep people from developing authoritarian views and more connected to nature.
A new study suggests that it’s possible to replace anxiety-producing unpleasant memories with new ones implanted under hypnosis.
One of the most popular viral videos about space is dead wrong. But it gives us a chance to learn something incredible. There are a lot of moving parts to […]
At least 60 will be running at the federal level, and thousands for state offices.
The answer has nothing at all to do with the Higgs boson. In this Universe, there are very few fundamental properties that cannot be derived from something simpler. The rules governing […]
If spacetime is like a fabric, and mass bends it, what flattens it back out again? Matter tells space how to curve, and curved space tells matter how to move. That’s […]
Trying to figure out the meaning of life? Here are a few thoughts on the subject from some very famous American philosophers.
Most marriages end in resentment. Why should longevity be the sole marker of a successful marriage?
Get lost in a good book. Time and again, reading has been shown to make us healthier, smarter, and more empathic.
A well-deserved award for the discovery over a century in the making. “Well, I walked into Building 20 and looked in at the various little labs. There was a bunch of […]
Funnily enough, some humans carry one of the very same genes.
“Atheist churches” are popping up across the US and Europe. Is it just a trend?
How three factors come together to unfreeze the ice, and unlock the potential for extraterrestrial life. “Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;As idle as a […]
You might think philosophy is a boy's club. We are here to correct that misconception.
Now we know, on every scale. “There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without […]
It may be the only way to save the USA — and the world — from alternative facts. “If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.” –Ernest Rutherford There […]
Will actors have to compete against dead celebrities for roles? Given the advance in CGI (Computer Generated Images) and VFX (Special Effects), Hollywood’s desire for bankable stars, and estates looking for additional revenue, it is all possible.
If Scotty beams you up for a trip around the Sun, here’s how to handle it. “I really didn’t have to work, shall we say, with Star Trek. It was a […]
Many of our best U.S presidents qualify as psychopaths, while Hitler doesn’t.
It’s not appealing to authority that’s the problem; it’s the false authorities and what comes next if you accept their nonsense. “When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask […]
Climate Feedback has been busy correcting reporting on climate change inaccuracies within the mainstream media. Now the site is looking to expand its efforts as a watchdog for scientific reporting by asking for funding through IndieGoGo.
Over the past few years, feminism has grown in popularity, and this has led the media to put the spotlight on it to sell magazines, get clicks, and earn likes and shares. The media’s interest is not in spreading the message of feminism, but to sensationalize it by putting celebrities on the spot to see what they will say in response to bait questions.
His speaking voice was a baritone, but his falsetto? Swoon.
The LUX experiment just set the tightest bounds ever on dark matter, and may lead us down a different path entirely. “For me the best answer is not in words […]
Did you know the Metro to Embarcadero Station passes through a buried Gold Rush ship?
Newton thought it was instantaneous, but the story is much richer than that! “The fact that gravitational damping is measured at all is a strong indication that the propagation speed of […]
A new book offers insights into the makers of earworms you can't escape.