Contrary to popular belief, the Amazon rainforest does not produce 20% of our planet’s oxygen.
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What does fame have to do with merit, anyway?
But some say the settlement is a slap on the wrist.
Can treating addiction as a disease work better than treating it as a vice?
In 1789, William Herschel discovered this unique moon around Saturn. 230 years later, its secrets are more promising than ever. Today marks the 230th anniversary of the discovery of Enceladus, one […]
The Category 5 hurricane was moving at speeds of about 1 mph over the Bahamas on Sunday and Monday.
This unsettling new understanding of vegetative patients raises medical ethics issues.
The effects of deforestation extend farther than previously thought.
Despite acceptance by many insurance companies, a number of studies don’t confirm its effectiveness.
The world promised by the internet and social media is one where physical barriers are a thing of the past and communication is instantaneous. The current reality has some of […]
Exercise newbies in their seventies and eighties build muscle at the same rate as master athletes.
Existential dread, meet astronomical wonder.
You might think that we live in a three dimensional Universe based on space alone. But you cannot leave time out of it. If you were asked to describe how you […]
These books will help you ideate more creatively.
The development of implicit biases starts at a young age and then they get reinforced over time.
The story behind the meme is one of those rare cases where everybody wins. The spectacle of a large fish getting fired out of a cannon has taken the internet […]
The Von Braun Space Station, based on the concepts of a controversial scientist, is moving ahead with construction plans.
When I was a teenager and music was still on cassettes, a mixtape was an act of love. In this episode, I’m putting together some of my favorite moments of 2019, strung together with minimal interruption from me.
When people learn the Universe is expanding, they want to know where the center is. The ‘answer’ isn’t what they expect. There are two things that people learn about the Universe […]
We often discuss what the minimum wage does to the economy, but rarely do we discuss what it does to people.
Do you know the implicit biases you have? Here are some ways to find them out.
Experts are saying it’s a “huge step forward for synthetic biology.”
The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.
Lovers deadlier than gangsters, first comprehensive Danish homicide study since 1970s shows
Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.
Stronger than the LHC and faster than anything except light, the world’s cleverest particle detector sees the particles we could never create on Earth. It might be true that there’s an […]
Reviewing the conflagration within Central Africa.
