From the most beautiful to the most impactful, some of these are so powerful it’s breathtaking. “Truth in science, however, is never final, and what is accepted as a fact […]
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Right and wrong has never been so gray in the Star Trek Universe. Imagine you’re in a fight with an enemy, and the fight itself isn’t fair. You might have […]
Time on your own means time to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Authors Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland on blurring the lines between science and magic.
A new study shows how one dietary change in the U.S. could make a 46%-plus dent in greenhouse gas reductions.
Nutritional science has increasingly begun to discover that the optimal diet should be an individualized solution, determined by many factors.
In 2016 Americans spent $16.4 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery. What does that say about the health of our psyche?
Early states did not form how we’ve been taught, writes James C Scott in his new book. His research offers a clue as to where we might be heading.
One researcher called it “the ultimate in the miniaturization of machinery.”
LHC researchers discover a double-heavy set of quarks that may reveal new insights into the strong force.
If December’s best natural sky show seems to get better every year, it isn’t your imagination. It’s science, and it’s spectacular! Every year, the Earth travels some 940 million kilometers […]
After a generation, we’re finally getting another close-up view. With the science we’re learning, we just might solve its mysteries. “Jupiter instead cooled down below the threshold for fusion, but […]
Many businesses could benefit from applying the principles of design thinking to their work. However, too many businesses focus on the wrong things when they use design thinking, which can […]
Emotions are the language of the unconscious, and in day-to-day life, they prevent us from sinking beneath an overwhelming flood of information.
For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]
Three eyes are so much better than two. Here’s why. “Einstein’s gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational […]
If you think we’ve seen all there is to see in the Universe, you’re about to have your imagination unlocked. “Hubble often takes images of distant gravitationally lensed galaxies to […]
All 24 cantons would meet at St Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna
Designed by two MIT professors, this build-it-yourself kit teaches kids to “think with their hands” in an effort to bolster STEM skills early on.
Life is a temporary, cosmic accident and the universe may very well be meaningless. That’s depressing — or is it?
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Music is our oldest and most cherished ritual. How we treat it is reflective of who we are.
Bill and Melinda Gates lay out the key accomplishments of their philanthropic foundation in response to Warren Buffet.
From La Rinconada in Peru to South Africa’s deepest mines: the quest for gold drives people to the greatest heights and depths on Earth.
Geologically, it might be the most intense Hawaiʻian eruption in over 200 years. But not a single person has died, thanks to science. Hawaii, a chain of islands in the Pacific […]
Go back to school, Agora style. Philosophy can train us to respond to life’s problems rather than merely react. One such training camp is coming to Baltimore.
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists’ attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Architecture critic Sarah W. Goldhagen on how the built environment shapes our minds and cultures.
There’s another safe way to observe the “Great American Eclipse,” too.