For perhaps 100 million years, there were no stars in the Universe. What was it like then? The earliest stages of the Universe were extraordinarily eventful in bringing us about. Cosmic […]
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The Pew Research Center has classified Americans into seven distinct religious types.
The researchers in this study found that doctors are prescribing opioids even to patients who don’t have any pain-related symptoms. Why?
To raise awareness on one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, the team partnered up with Adidas and Parley, a campaign group working to stop waste plastic getting into the oceans.
How do great people get so much done? If you’re Ben Franklin, you lay out a detailed schedule.
A new study asks the question: can a massive solar and wind farm be implemented in the Sahara? According to at least one of the authors, it’s possible to create these solar and wind farms with technology available right now.
Some scientists feel that the attacks on U.S. embassy workers in Cuba and China were carried out by secret microwave weapons. Others think that’s just silly.
Quantum particles are mysterious and difficult to track down, but neutrinos may be the most elusive quantum particles yet. The facilities designed to observe neutrinos are feats of engineering, and what they hope to uncover is profound.
No standardized tests, no private schools, no stress. Finland’s education system is consistently ranked best in the world. Why isn’t America copying it?
Love dogs? So does science.
The way we represent other genders or ethnicities in literary fiction shows the limitations of our capacity for empathy and compassion.
Elon Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience for a conversation that covered topics ranging from the inner workings of neural link technology to the differences between a joint and a blunt.
We all make mistakes. However, acknowledging them can help you overcome the “sunk cost fallacy” and move on.
New evidence emerges that microplastics eaten by marine animals may be traveling up the food chain to our plates.
The astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded a special Breakthrough prize for discovering pulsars in the 1960s.
The New York Times published an opinion column written by an anonymous “senior official in the Trump administration,” a rare move that’s sparked theories as to who the author might be.
A new study finds even babies can discern who leads and who bullies.
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 […]
Ketosis is known to work wonders in terms of short-term weight loss. But what about the diet’s effects over the long term?
Results are among the strongest evidence yet for “spooky action at a distance.”rnrn
A team at MIT has discovered that human brains are capable of “seeing” ghost images hidden between groups of patterns captured by single-pixel cameras.
We often praise selfless action, but it is even possible?
It took hundreds of thousands of years to make atoms for the first time. If things were just a little different, it could have taken an eternity. When it comes […]
Writer and director Judd Apatow, one of several high-profile artists that threatened to drop out of the festival, said he wouldn’t participate in an event that “normalizes hate.”
A group of 200 artists, actors, musicians and scientists have signed an open letter calling for the world’s politicians to act “firmly and immediately” on climate change in order to avoid a “global cataclysm”.
“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt”
Stars don’t stay the same throughout their life, and the Sun is no exception. Here’s what’s going on. Here on Earth, the ingredients for life to survive, thrive, evolve, and sustain […]
Daydreaming is good. But if you’re doing too much of it, you might have a totally different brain.
The buildings of the future will be fluid, impermanent, and in constant transformation. But will human nature catch up?
Infographics present data about how much we commute, how much time and money we spend in traffic, and what we think should be done about it.