The paradox is one that Hawking himself claimed to have a solution to many times, but none of the proposals have held up to scrutiny. The paradox is still unresolved. […]
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Thinking your life is worthwhile is correlated with a variety of positive outcomes.
Newly released documents show how the FBI paid Best Buy Geek Squad employees to report customers who had child pornography on their computers, a relationship that might have violated customers’ Fourth Amendment rights.
How could we create a technology capable of replacing our own reality?
When people mention the Golden Rule, they’re usually referring to its broad meaning: “I’m going to be as good to you as I want you to be to me.” However, […]
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Seemingly small moments of discrimination often pass unnoticed.
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A group affiliated with the Russian government has been found by Microsoft to have created at least six ‘spear phishing’ websites targeting U.S elections, and it’s certain there there will be more before November.
Blockchain technology could help alleviate the struggles of asylum seekers who are many times left in the wake of political fights.
As voting becomes digital, we should consider rewarding voters for taking part in the process.
Todd Yellin, VP of Product Innovation at Netflix, doesn’t suggest that you should try to fail as much as you can. But he does say failures are an inevitable part […]
A new study shows that the worse off you think you are, the more likely you are to choose the steak over the garden salad.
Thanks to museum curators, there’s no shortage of the stuff.
FOIA release sheds light on the DOD’s own struggle to understand UFOs.
A new report warns about the increasing likelihood of international conflicts over water.
Facebook disclosed to Congress last week that it gave 61 companies special access to user data in 2015, a revelation that differs from the social media company’s past claims.
How prone you are to boredom plays an unexpected role.
Three study participants described their own memories as almost completely lacking a first-person perspective or involving any sense of “re-experiencing.”
In about 500 pages of documents, Facebook responded to questions from U.S. senators about privacy, monopoly, and political discourse on the world’s largest social media platform.
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former senior aide to President Donald Trump, says she’s recorded multiple secret audio tapes at the White House, including one of her firing by Chief of Staff John Kelly.
No matter how long you wait, the matter that makes you probably won’t end up inside a black hole. It’s one of the most pervasive ideas out there: if you wait […]
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After conducting a year-long investigation into a campaign against Rohingya Muslims, a United Nations panel found evidence that Myanmar security forces committed “the gravest crimes under international law.”
If you think nothing can move faster than light, check out this clever way to defeat that limit. Nothing can move faster than the speed of light. When Einstein set forth […]
In order to reap the greatest rewards, we have to think big and invest big. One of these four missions will deliver like never before. When it comes to exploring the […]
The remote volcano Raikoke just erupted after nearly 100 years of silence. Here’s why it matters. On June 22, 2019, a volcano that had been dormant and inactive for nearly a […]
When we see problems in the world, we’re quick to blame someone—anyone—who should be providing peace, love, and harmony. But the universe actually bends toward chaos and decay.
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Forget Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, Pilot Waves and all the others. What you’re left with is reality. When it comes to understanding the Universe, scientists have traditionally taken two approaches in tandem with […]