Dark energy means that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. But how big will it get, and how fast? Our Universe, as we observe it today, is a vast, enormous place, full […]
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A new study from researchers at Northwestern University and University of Surrey links being a night owl to dying younger. It’s a large study of nearly half a million people and the first to document such a link.
Progressive America would be half as big, but twice as populated as its conservative twin.
The answer can give us an indication of where our universe is headed and how it might end.
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With 2017 drawing to a close, many organizations are taking the time to think about how they can improve in 2018. Often, solutions are around finding ways to make the […]
As the Event Horizon Telescope prepares to release its first results, we can expect not just one, but two black hole images. What does a black hole actually look like? For […]
Researchers study whether bearded men have advantages in fighting.
BICEP2 scientist Brian Keating’s new book is honest and insightful, but just as notable for what it fails to recognize. Imagine what it’s like to be a scientist working on […]
Observational skills are critical for doctors and art training helps medical students improve them.
Trees may avoid touching each other in the forest canopy creating giant, backlit jigsaw puzzles from a light-sharing phenomenon called ‘crown shyness’.
Are conspiracy theories ever true? Here are a few occasions when the government really did what the conspiracy theories claimed.
You need to have personality awareness to protect yourself from and deal with potentially high-conflict people on a regular basis without getting hooked by them.
Design thinking is a process that emphasizes creating human-centric solutions to common business problems. While this general definition explains the primary goal of design thinking, it doesn’t really cover the […]
America includes people of all different races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, ethnicities, political affiliations, and faiths. As the melting pot, the United States provides the opportunity for “life, liberty, and […]
Developing an effective learning culture—one in which employees are continuously learning new things and applying those lessons to their work—is one of the most important tasks for any modern organization.
Saudi Arabia began closing its cinemas in 1979. Now, the government is reopening theaters in an effort to diversify and modernize its economy.
Are all those drunk animals on YouTube actually drunk? Zoologist Lucy Cooke examines what’s really going on when animals go, er, wild.
There’s a big reason no one, not even Stephen Hawking, could fill Carl Sagan’s shoes. Everyone has a unique story to tell. For scientists, that story is one that usually only […]
Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]
Getting a self-directed learning (SDL) course off the ground is an enormous challenge for many organizations. While SDL empowers employees to make their own decisions and control the direction and […]
In his latest book, Fantasyland, Kurt Andersen covers the first five hundreds years of American magical thinking.
History will remember Stephen Hawking for his many contributions to cosmology and astrophysics, but his beliefs about the future could soon prove just as important.
Microsoft researchers work to create a digital “alter ego” that will know everything about you and make you much smarter.
North Korea’s statements, actions, and the physics of how to do it all point to the same terrifying conclusion. There are few things in this world that have the capability […]
Bright pink? Lava? Liquid planets that could hold water? Some far-out planets are truly… out of this world.
A map shows the dominant religion in each of the United States’ counties. Evangelicals dominate the most areas geographically. Catholics are the majority faith in densely populated areas.
It’s the first, most naive question you might think to ask. The solution is a lot more complicated than you imagine. According to a large amount of evidence, the overwhelming majority […]
People across eras, religions, and cultures have always been curious about a spiritual world that exists behind the curtain of death.