Maybe you’ve heard the term “self-actualization” bandied about at a party or by an inspirational speaker? Popularized by psychologist Abraham Maslow, the theory argues that we can realize our full […]
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While legalization has benefits, a new study suggests it may have one big drawback.
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Finally, a means for battling the anti-vaccination movement.
We cannot give in to fear, but we cannot be reckless when the lives and health of so many are at stake. There is a novel infectious disease that is currently […]
Don’t start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.
What does your phone know about you?
Psychologists looked at how liberals and conservatives react after learning about “white privilege”.
The author of “Auroville: The City Made of Dreams” talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.
They said the “missing half” of the Universe’s matter was just found. But what they found barely makes a dent to the big picture. When we look up into the great […]
Project Dragonfly aims to help the Chinese government build a censored search engine that would “blacklist” information that officials don’t like.
The line-in-the-sand was drawn in sharpie, and the time to declare ‘no more’ is now. When you have a question about the physical world, there are a lot of different approaches […]
Despite warnings and protestations from astronomers and skywatchers, Starlink is moving fast and breaking things. In May of this year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first group of its new satellite […]
In any sufficiently large protest, police officers may “kettle” protesters. Critics say it violates human rights, while advocates claim its one of the few safe tools available to police during a protest.
If we’re going to open major workplaces, we have to be ready for this enormous information gap. When it comes to knowing your medical status, the ideal scenario is to […]
A mind-bending physics theory may explain why we have one reality instead of many.
The blob that’s astonishing science gets its own exhibit.
Fingerprinting and facial recognition may lead the way in air travel.
With the interest of these tech giants, it looks like cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
A new paradigm for machine vision has just been demonstrated.
Observations have been ruined; scientific satellites with the right-of-way have had to alter course. Here’s a how-to guide to doing better. In any field of business or industry, the prevailing rule […]
A newly studied hallucinogenic substance has shown signs of treating mental health conditions more efficiently than psilocybin.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
In April, the U.S. generated more electricity from renewables — hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass — than coal.
Is consciousness just a showdown between your beliefs and perceptions?
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 […]
Edinburgh University project geo-locates victims of Scottish ‘witch-prickers’ in the 16th and 17th century.
Today, a quickly emerging set of technologies known as bioprinting is poised to push the boundaries further.
Austro-Japanese aristocrat Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi later concentrated on plans for Pan-Europe.