‘IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests.’ This is the argument that is almost always made when intelligence-testing is mentioned. It’s often promoted by people […]
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With the new year fast approaching, people often start brainstorming some personal goals to improve themselves and their lives. However, these “New Year’s Resolutions” aren’t exclusive to individuals. Organizations can […]
Not all books are created equal. Especially when it comes to the ones parents read to children to aid their development. A new study from the University of Florida points to an important characteristic to look for in children’s books.
Think we’ll just responsibly choose more fuel efficient vehicles, and the market will take care of the rest? Good luck with that. Since the first oil crisis of the 1970s, there […]
Rather than one layer at a time, this method creates an entire object all at once, using lasers.
Would you work at a job that didn’t treat you like a professional? No wonder public education drove their best teachers away. The ultimate dream of public education is incredibly simple. […]
Archaeological evidence in the Republic of Georgia pushes back wine’s earliest appearance nearly a millennia.
Marijuana use may help clinicians better identify those vulnerable to bipolar disorder and help them to develop better intervention methods.
Dark matter, dark energy, and why there’s more matter than antimatter? There’s an experiment to explore if neutrinos could solve all three. When you take a look at the Universe in […]
The results of this study could change how we approach athletic training.
But could hackers abscond with your genetic information?
Sometimes, you look in a nearby galaxy, and what you find beyond it will change everything. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity has withstood every test for more than a century. […]
An American research team wanted to know which combination of diet and exercise has the most beneficial results on metabolic syndrome in 10 weeks.
This discovery may also help us develop novel drugs for Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and ADHD.
There are many famous schools of thought that you have probably heard of, but did you hear the truth or just get a caricature of the idea?
The first component of a planned “space kingdom” has been launched into orbit.
There’s so much that we’ve discovered, looking as deeply as possible into the void. But what are we missing? Start with the laws of physics, a Universe full of a specific […]
Scientists identify for the first time two specific genes that may foster a predisposition for being gay in men.
The UN has commissioned a study of extreme poverty in the most of one of the world’s wealthiest nations, the United States.
Imagine a world in which all the babies born each day were randomly redistributed among the biological parents. The infant assigned to any given set of parents could be white, […]
It isn’t flat, and these simple observations that you can make from the ground can demonstrate it to anyone. From any one location on the surface of the Earth, it’s impossible […]
For older adults, playing video games isn’t just a way for older adults to keep in touch with the younger generation — it might be also be a way to stay in touch with memory itself.
100,000 years of human history and young adulthood is still getting weirder. Noël Wells on art, power, and our super dark times.
Optical computers would be extremely fast, more energy efficient, and could store far more information than electronic ones.
How far back in time would you need to travel to find a common human ancestor of people living today? The answer is surprisingly recent.
Knowing how fat responds to when we eat could lead to better weight loss programs.
Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers
In 1944, the economist, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann published a book that became a sensation, at least among mathematicians – Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. […]
Science can do a whole lot of things, but proving a scientific theory is still an impossibility. You’ve heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of evolution, the Big […]
Documentary offers a surprisingly simple solution to improving medical care.
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