New research spots a remarkable meeting of Jupiter’s jet streams and its magnetic field and proposes that it may contain the explanation for the planets’ striking cloud patterns.
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These three reasons are why there’s no getting around the fact that astronomy needs the James Webb Space Telescope. Even the most powerful telescope in history, the Hubble Space Telescope, […]
… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.
Bryan Cranston reads the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Consitution and reminds Americans not to take their right to vote lightly.
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft taught us more than we ever imagined about Saturn. Could we do something similar for Uranus and Neptune? From where we are in the Solar System, looking out […]
It’s not simply Hubble’s Law anymore, but the real history is far more complex than the stories you’ve heard. One of the most mind-blowing facts in our existence is that space […]
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spent six years writing the definitive history of Reddit.
Human chimerism seems to be a rare condition where twins swap DNA, but it may be more common than you think.
The natural world evolved many pop culture frights long before storytellers used them to terrify us.
A growing body of research suggests that students of color perform better in school when they have at least one teacher of the same race.
When scientists claim that an unexplained phenomenon might be due to aliens, they’re giving up on science. Whenever science discovers a new, unexpected phenomenon, it represents a tremendous opportunity to learn […]
Rapper Meek Mill is stuck in jail, caught in the U.S. justice system’s perpetual probation trap that keeps a disproportionate number of black people in America incarcerated.
A new study finds that even minutes of meditation or mindfulness increases your cognitive capabilities.
Should businesses foster diversity just because of the political climate, or are there other inherent advantages in having diversity of people and thought?
Humanity has mapped the Milky Way better than ever with ESA’s Gaia. But 1.7 billion stars later, there are still no Dyson spheres. Perhaps the greatest ‘holy grail’ in all of […]
A new study examines how and why the world’s cultures identify and name colors.
Mars will never look as big as the full Moon. But it isn’t even the biggest planet. From humanity’s perspective, the Sun and Moon always dominate Earth’s skies. The Moon and […]
On April 20, Nintendo will release Labo, a new gaming system that tasks kids with creating interactive games with cardboard cutouts and the Nintendo Switch.
The solar neighborhood is so different than people imagine. But for the first time, we know what it’s like. When you look up at the stars in the night sky, they […]
With hundreds of billions of stars burning bright, ‘dead’ seems like a bit of an exaggeration. But every galaxy is headed for this fate, including ours. As long as a […]
Being an American president is a powerful but dangerous job, a fact shown by many assassination attempts.
The greatest danger to our planet is not pollution or climate change, but our own despair.
The survey asked respondents to rate their anxiety levels in five areas: safety, health, finances, relationships and politics.
‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.
A new set of images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory shows us what we’ve never seen before. The Pillars of Creation, 7,000 light years away in the Eagle Nebula, represents one […]
In 2016, Facebook employees were just 33% female and 2% black; YouTube employees were 30% women and 2% black; Apple employees were 32% women and 9% black; Google employees were 31% women and 2% black.
Ever think you’d see a single atom without staring down the barrel of a powerful microscope?
We tend to treat death and dying as a somber and serious event, but what if it doesn’t have to be that way?
1,007 people were surveyed about their political affiliations and opinions, and their music tastes to learn to what extent they correspond to each other. Survey results are shown as infographics.