The climate change we’re witnessing is more dramatic than we might think.
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Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.
Harvard’s theoretical physicist Lisa Randall links the extinction of the dinosaurs to the mysterious “dark matter”.
A new study suggests that viewing materialistic media—even for a minute—can influence people to harbor stronger anti-welfare attitudes.
The Swift-Tuttle comet is the source of the lovely Perseid meteor shower each August. It’s also getting closer and closer, making it “the single most dangerous object known to humanity.”
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
The line between science and pseudoscience is imperceptible to most. Here’s how you can catch it in yourself. When it comes to science, the first principle is that you must […]
“I would rather be ashes than dust!rnI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow,rnthan a sleepy and permanent planet.”rn — Jack London
New research finds evidence that the gravitational pull of Jupiter and Venus has been warping our orbit every 405,000 years, at least as far back as 215 million years ago.
The way we represent other genders or ethnicities in literary fiction shows the limitations of our capacity for empathy and compassion.
On Sept. 2, a fire spread through Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum, devouring the historic building and most of its 20 million culturally and scientifically important items. We look at nine priceless artifacts and collections likely lost in the blaze.
Have you ever wondered why modern-day mammals have adaptations for nighttime activity? A new study suggests dinosaurs might be the reason.
The most surefire, easily-seen signature of life on Earth might be a cosmic red herring around other worlds. In our quest for life beyond the Solar System, it makes sense to […]
You’ve probably seen it hanging around. But how did it get there? And can we live there?
Is Nessie real or just a tourism ploy? There might be more to this (in)famous monster than you think…
If the bolide had hit just 30 seconds later, we’d be looking at a very different Earth.
What do Google, sharks, and money have in common? They’re all in our weekly random fact roundup.
We’re directly responsible for our robots’ joy, suffering, thoughtfulness, and creative potential.
Another exiting week of commentary. Some real winners this week. Did you make the cut?
Earth is old enough to have been home to other industrialized civilizations so far back in the past we have no idea they were there. What we’ll leave behind may offer clues of what we could look for as evidence.
There’s no debating evolution, but there remains a debate among biologists over how it works. Is evolution deterministic in that its outcomes could not have been otherwise, or is it more random?
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Three great things all align this August, making the Perseids a can’t-miss show. Here’s how to take advantage. When it comes to meteor showers, we have these dazzling pictures in […]
Asteroid strikes and supervolcano eruptions may yet have patterns to them, but the extinctions we’ve experienced appear to have occurred at random. Throughout the history of life on Earth, there have […]
This is the oldest fossil ever found belonging to the line that leads to us.
Gene editing tool CRISPR could soon be lifting a page straight out of a Michael Crichton novel.
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What’s the difference between VR and AR? Find out what they are and what these emerging technologies are being used for around the world.
Imagined memory palaces are still used by memory champions and the few who practice the memory arts, but they are best known from Greco-Roman times.
Cosmic collision yields bullion by the billions.
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No other object this large has come so close to Earth in millions of years. In the 5th millennium, we might suffer the consequences. “Honestly, if you’re given the choice […]