Manu Prakash is one of the MacArthur Foundation’s 2016 Fellows, and here’s why.
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With James Webb and WFIRST launching soon, the Universe can expect a revolution. But what will it look like? “For the first time we can learn about individual stars from near […]
Why did Jackie Robinson have to break baseball’s color line in 1947 after another man broke it almost 70 years before?
The highest energy collisions go beyond any collider… and may hold a fantastic secret! This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity. […]
The Perseid meteor shower is at its peak—a stellar show that occurs every August and can be seen by anyone living in the Northern Hemisphere. But what if we didn’t have to wait till August or the next meteor shower–what if we could create our own?
How the James Webb Space Telescope was made. “One way or another the first stars must have influenced our own history, beginning with stirring up everything and producing the other chemical […]
In the depths of intergalactic space, the Big Bang’s leftover glow is just 2.73 K. But this spot in our own galaxy is even colder. “If you want your boomerang to […]
Because “Earth-like” doesn’t necessarily mean “like our Earth.” “I have lost tolerance for things without meaning. There is no time for them. Does that make sense?” –Sara Seager At the end […]
It’s bigger than anything on Earth. Hell, it’s bigger than Earth! “More days to come / new places to goI’ve got to leave / it’s time for a showHere I am […]
And what it found was a world swimming, literally, with possibilities. Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. The misfit becomes the […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what’s so completely mind-blowing about the great mind of Sir Isaac Newton.
One writer’s journey through a video game that can only be completed by writing.
There are continuous gaps in consciousness when information is processed and you lose a sense of time says new research.
Why are some areas redder than others? It’s what happens to methane ice in the Sun. “This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the […]
And defeat for new physics. Without something spectacular, there’s no reason to build a bigger collider. “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is […]
So how would you like your prescription? A dragon? Tiger? Something tribal maybe?
Some parents are diagnosing their attention-deficient children as heavenly beings thanks to Internet blogs.
How do you fool a robot? It’s not difficult—machines are only good at what we tell them to do. But even still, many parts of our world may not be “readable” to some robots.
For some unknown reason, rare corpse flower blooms are occurring across the U.S.
From Space, in HD. “You cannot rob me of free nature’s grace,You cannot shut the windows of the skyThrough which Aurora shows her brightening face.” –James Thomson Ever since humanity first […]
Dreams might be a whole lot sexier than we thought – but not because of their narrative content. Neurologist Patrick McNamara’s theory links the biological changes in our brains during sleep to human’s inherent desire to procreate.
Jon Stewart shares his thoughts on many issues during a recent talk with the New York Times.
Geology rocks! “Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.” –Jane Porter There are plenty of people out there who’ll give you a rundown of what your birthstone […]
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to a tattoo, the answer’s more surprising than you think.
Writer and Poet Clint Smith on the moment black lives began to officially matter, and the long history of pre-smartphone police brutality and state-sanctioned racism that preceded it.
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As seen by Hubble and Chandra, NASA’s greatest observatories. “My eureka moment was in the dead of night, the early hours of the morning, on a cold, cold night, and […]
It’s not appealing to authority that’s the problem; it’s the false authorities and what comes next if you accept their nonsense. “When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask […]
The infrared reveals stars — and a surprising population of failed stars — we’ve never seen before. “…innumerable stars, thousands of double and multiple systems, clusters in one blaze with their tens of thousands of […]
The world is a colorful, diverse place, but we somehow minimize it to black and white. How did we come to divide everything and everyone into polarized opposites?
The chicken you eat comes from birds that only live for 5 years and are susceptible to disease and inbreeding. Thank goodness Koen Vanmechelen bred a better one.