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On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
With a record-setting $1.9 billion jackpot, you’d think it’s a no-brainer to buy a Powerball ticket. But the math truly shows otherwise.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
Esoteric evidence points to a ritual performed by Queen Elizabeth’s court magician John Dee.
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Two mounds of rice and a tiny flag in a sea of curry is enough to re-heat an old territorial conflict.
A lithium imbalance appears linked to suicide.
Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.
A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.
“The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ.”
The holograms use ‘aerohaptics’, which creates feelings of touch with simple jets of air.
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
The so-called “court painter of Silicon Valley” was shaped by her youth in communist Poland but looks forward to a future ruled by celebrity robots.
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We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.
New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.
The Universe gravitates so that normal matter and General Relativity alone can’t explain it. Here’s why dark matter beats modified gravity.
It’s literally the one and only trick that separates top-notch physicists from crackpots, dropouts, and those who can’t cut the mustard.
Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
This might help you make it to the end of Herman Melville’s 19th century classic.
NASA has finally chosen which flagship mission, like Hubble and JWST, will launch in ~2040. Detecting alien life is now a reachable goal.
NASA is creating a planet habitability index, and Earth may not be at the top. With our current data, ranking habitability is guesswork.
The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.
Empty space itself, the quantum vacuum, could be in either a true, stable state or a false, unstable state. Our fate depends on the answer.
And is anyone protecting children’s data?
If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
“Hubble’s Law” is only an approximation, and breaks down when we need it most. From anywhere in the Universe, you can choose to look out at any other galaxy that’s present. […]