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The ridiculousness of Hollywood science when it comes to memory loss.
Romantic advice from some of humanity’s biggest thinkers.
And could every black hole our Universe creates give rise to a baby Universe itself? “Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope,tied between beast and overman — a rope […]
Work on “memes” by Richard Dawkins provides insight on the spread of thought viruses.
The series is said to improve male performance and address any issues.
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle shares the wonder of experiencing the ocean’s creatures in the wild.
From “billions and billions” to more than two trillion, we still need dark matter as much as ever! “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be […]
Programmers at MIT publish A.I.-generated scary images scary for Halloween.
A new book finds that Hitler relied on a number of drugs to rule Germany, including “crystal meth.”
Two Canadian astronomers publish a paper with an extraordinary claim of possibly detecting alien signals.
Elon Musk wants to put 1 million people on Mars in 40 years. The internet had questions. Here are his answers.
Want to improve your mood? This study recommends you get walking, even for a short time, and even if your surroundings aren’t picturesque.
October had one, November will have one and December will have one, too. What’s the science of Supermoons? “The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It’s […]
Russian researchers unearth over 500 artifacts from a secret Nazi base in the Arctic.
Time travel has titillated scientists and science-fiction fans alike ever since HG Wells first conceived of it in the 19th century. But it plausible? Princeton astrophysicist John Richard Gott III discusses the two ways that it might be.
Of all the fictional ways humanity might possibly kill itself, zombies are the most likely. Here’s the data to prove it.
Many women are unable to have children due to age restrictions on IVF. Dr. Dominic Wilkinson, Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, challenges the 4 most flawed arguments.
When companies hide algorithms from public view, the data are used for destructive purposes, warns Cathy O’Neil in her new book.
How does our perception of social status relate to health and success?
We might feel fuller, but eating foods marketed for “fullness” won’t prevent us from consuming more calories, even when we’re not hungry.
From a “faint smudge” to the most intricate objects in our galaxy, we’ve come an incredibly long way. “From our home on the Earth, we look out into the distances … to […]
Just imagining movement fires the same neurons as if we were actually moving. A new study shows we can wake our sleeping mind to practice motor skills in our dreams.
The idea of a world government has been a hot topic in the U.S. elections and throughout history.
This is the first evidence of any contact between ancient Greece and China.
We should be exploring the oceans as seriously as we explore space.
It used to be billions and billions, but now it’s in the trillions! “There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. […]
Might Armageddon come not from an asteroid or a comet, but by something completely unseen altogether? “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ‘what […]
Meteorologists propose a stunning new explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle.
Does life work like our technology? Is life under the hood just like a car sporting souped-up complexity?