At high tide each night, bright lights predict the underwater future.
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Tracking project establishes northern Argentina is wintering ground of Swainson’s hawks
Killer robots. Alien invasions. Climate change. Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know and the new podcast The End of the World thinks a lot these days about existential threats. Believe it or not, he’s optimistic.
Our future fate is likely already determined. If we end in a Big Crunch, what does that mean? The ultimate fate of the Universe is one of the biggest existential questions […]
Americans lost $116.9 billion gambling in 2016.
Yes, life exists in our Universe. No, that statement doesn’t equal science. Imagine you’ve encountered a natural phenomenon you want to understand better, but don’t have the tools to do so. […]
A recent study used MRIs to study the changes in brain activity when trained method actors responded to questions in and out of character.
The Canadian professor calls for personal responsibility over legislation.
It’s a strange situation. In many American workplaces, it’s the sexual predators we protect, not their victims, according to journalist and author Gretchen Carlson. Since her landmark 2016 lawsuit against Fox […]
The sea levels across New York are estimated to rise between 18 and 50 inches by 2100.
A bill in New York would let older kids get vaccinations against their parents’ wishes.
While the web of dark matter (purple) might seem to determine cosmic structure formation on its own, the feedback from normal matter (red) can severely impact galactic scales. Both dark […]
The coin depicts a black hole and one of the late physicist’s most important formulas.
Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.
Perpetual worry doesn’t have to be your default mindset.
Unwind the mind with these thought-provoking Alan Watts quotes.
The ‘giant impact’ that led to Earth might not have been so giant, after all. A little over 4.5 billion years ago, our Solar System began to form. Somewhere in the […]
Humans blame cats for killing birds, but our buildings are far worse.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wants to give every American $1,000 a month – but will that disincentivize work?
They say laughter is the best medicine; you might not be able to laugh a broken leg away, but it might help your depression.
The confidence and respect that successful executives enjoy isn’t simply conferred upon them by their job title. It’s the knowledgeability they project, the manner in which they conduct themselves, and […]
Using a new process, a mini-brain develops retinal cells.
As more time passes since the Big Bang, more of the Universe comes into view. But how much? Even though it’s been billions of years since the Big Bang, there’s a […]
Scientists discovered microbes that have lived on Earth for millions of years.
A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.
Less than a mile long, the Dorfbahn in Serfaus is also the world’s highest metro system.
Access to trauma care is a race issue. It shouldn’t be.
The two concepts might seem contradictory, but anarcho-capitalists exist.
50 years ago, Apollo 9 launched. Without it, we never would’ve landed on the Moon. The Apollo program is most famous for its greatest achievement: taking humanity to the Moon. It […]