Hawking, who died in March, answers questions like “Is there a God?” and “Is time travel possible?” in his final book, which is available today.
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The Ocean Cleanup’s System 001 is being deployed at Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Nothing can go faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. But particles in our Universe can’t even go that fast. When it comes to speed limits, the ultimate one […]
Drinking home alone in your underwear just might be what you need to be as relaxed as the Finnish.
In the simplest of words, an Instagram influencer is an individual who has a huge fan base. These fans or ‘followers’ are tuned into the influencer’s activity online because they […]
Postmodernists like to question the very foundations of our modern society. Does this make them anti-science?
We talk a lot about what to eat, but what about when?
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spent six years writing the definitive history of Reddit.
His book warns us of the dangers of mass media, passivity, and how even an intelligent population can be driven to gladly choose dictatorship over freedom.
Why would two intelligent women running a hugely successful podcast at one of the most respected studios in the audio world quit to risk everything on a technology almost nobody understands?
It was Stephen Hawking’s obsession for the last 30 years of his life. Here’s why it matters. When it comes to the sciences, sometimes making two observations or measurements that appear […]
But they are only taking the CO2 equivalent of 32 cars off the road every year.
It’s great to be in a position of authority — you have a unique chance to get things done and move your business forward. Command, though, is a funny thing: […]
Finding the particle we assume is responsible for dark matter has always been a guessing game. We guessed wrong. You can’t get mad at a team for trying the improbable, hoping […]
Why is populism so popular? The rise of Donald Trump has been an enigma to many. Not so much to evolutionary psychologists.
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Across the world, companies are experimenting with shorter workweeks — is it working?
Sticklers, pedants, and English teachers love to correct your grammar, but they can put their red pens down when it comes to these six folk errors.
A well-known cosmologist comes out with very stark warnings about particle accelerators.
Some stress out. Some read. Some drink.
Researchers at Cornell found through new experiments that people will overlook dishonesty if it benefits them and the group they identify with.
As the Event Horizon Telescope prepares to release its first results, we can expect not just one, but two black hole images. What does a black hole actually look like? For […]
Novels open us to the nuances of being human.
This is doubly worrisome on the heels of the recent UN climate change report, which gave humanity an urgent deadline to cut carbon emissions: just 12 years.
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used survey data from 2 million Americans to examine the links between climate change and mental health issues.
Most of us will still be alive then. Maybe.
This year’s prize represents not just a single example of brilliant work, but generations of advancements that led to it. Every year, the most prestigious prize in the most fundamental of […]
Early reports show that it works, as odd as the approach may seem to some fontologists.
The FIRE movement believes frugality is key to retiring in your 30s; others think the movement is about privilege more than prudence.