As Twitter celebrates its tenth anniversary, we look back at how it’s changed the world for the better. HINT: All of that world-changing goodness comes straight from its users.
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We heard the news today, 46 years ago, that the Beatles were no more. But who was the real killer in the magical mystery tour of the Fab Four’s finale?
It’s said to be the majority of matter in the Universe, but how sure are we of that? “For the moment we might very well call them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown […]
Respectability politics makes us comfortable. It hoists us up on our high horses, and takes away our responsibility for the way we treat other people. It puts the burden on the marginalized person to adjust their appearance or behavior to earn respect from the majority.
Ex-POWs told researchers about some amazing new mental skills they’d acquired in solitary.
A ninth planet does not only exist, but it causes comets to rain upon Earth, creating extinction events, says astrophysicist.
The skull of a “Siberian unicorn” (Elasmotherium sibiricum) was found in the Pavlodar Priirtysh Region of Kazakhstan. A study from the American Journal of Applied Science believes this could proved evidence to show the creature roamed the Earth longer than previously thought.
Depending on where you do your shopping, it could be a sac, a pochon or even a nylon.
It’s a tastier option than you think.
Climate scientists warn the effects of global warming will cause storms to become more violent and sea levels to rise, and researchers predicts this will happen in the next 50 years.
Those white spots are still salt, but there’s so much more there! “Although impact processes dominate the surface geology on Ceres, we have identified specific color variations on the surface […]
Over the past few years, feminism has grown in popularity, and this has led the media to put the spotlight on it to sell magazines, get clicks, and earn likes and shares. The media’s interest is not in spreading the message of feminism, but to sensationalize it by putting celebrities on the spot to see what they will say in response to bait questions.
Therapeutic research on LSD stopped in 1968. Now we’re rediscovering its value.
Through his entertainment and the way he lived, Michael Jackson spread the message of peace of love, and taught the world many lessons applicable to our personal lives and careers.
Scientists at UC Berkeley could change the focus of the birth control debate, thanks to a discovery about sperm. And now that they know how it kicks into gear, they can make birth control for men.
Scientists at UC Berkeley could change the focus of the birth control debate.
How the uncertain fate of a fictional tabby gave us the multiverse.
As we consider the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the question arises – can any war be fought as a “just” war?
Alphabet and Facebook are working get two-thirds of the world online by beaming internet down from unmanned crafts flying in the stratosphere. But before Alphabet and Facebook can execute its programs, these companies may have to get over some regulatory hurdles.
Bill Nye the Science Guy breaks down the abortion “debate” very nicely in just over 4 minutes.
Radiophobia had the Fukushima region by the throat, so it was decided that all 360,000 or so children and teens would be offered screening for thyroid irregularities.
It’s important to know where your food comes from. Ikea has made an easy way to grow your own salad through the power of hydroponics. No dirt or backyard required.
More than just a pretty face, the Venus de Milo (rediscovered on this date in 1820) has changed ideas of female beauty ever since, often in surprising ways.
There’s been a small but significant excess observed, and a new particle is one possible explanation. What will it mean? “I’m a fan of supersymmetry, largely because it seems to be […]
The world is a colorful, diverse place, but we somehow minimize it to black and white. How did we come to divide everything and everyone into polarized opposites?
Including the most massive star ever discovered in the Universe. “The night has a thousand eyes, and the day but one;Yet the light of the bright world dies with the […]
From MySpace and Hi5 to Facebook and Twitter, our relationship with social media has evolved over the past 15 years. Unfortunately, this may have led to the loss of curiosity and the devolution of our bonds with the people these platforms were built to connect us with, beyond the boundaries of time and space.
Telling the stories of our lives, weaving dreams of lives we wish we had, and bringing back memories in a rush, music is a powerful force. We, as consumers, are primarily concerned with the application of the lyrics to our lives and danceability of the track.
Nearly a quarter of Americans rely on sleeping pills—a trend that’s feeding obesity and depression levels.
By comparing signatures in auction house transactions of over 400,000 paintings, researchers found that works by narcissistic artists sold for higher prices.
Between Microsoft’s racist chatbot to beating the world GO champion, artificial intelligence has better things to do than whatever we’re afraid of. Here’s a recap of the highlights.