Guy Garcia tackles the future of technology in his new novel, Swarm.
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A huge landslide and tsunami no one witnessed may foreshadow many more to come in the aftermath of climate change.
Steven Kotler talks about the neuroscience about how flow state turns off time.
Despite our focus on China, Amazon may be displacing more American workers. How do we create a human-first economy when what is beneficial to us as consumers may not align with what’s best for American workers?
If you heard about time crystals, be aware that they do exist. But learn what they mean. “Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time […]
In his new book, Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson argues for more disfluent feeds in our social media diet.
Compelling evidence makes the case for both the Steppe and Anatolian Hypotheses.
In a world driven by technological progress, many impoverished communities are bucking the trend by successfully turning to “low-tech” and unorthodox treatments.
Why is it so hard to agree with some people? They are literally wired to value different things than you.
For those who still don’t believe in global warming, the science has had it right for half a century now. “Greenhouse gases are the second most important factor for climate, after […]
Scientists discover unusual galaxies that raise questions about Einstein’s theory of gravity and the existence of dark matter.
The US Air Force and DARPA are even working on laser shielding. That’s right. Force fields.
Paris, France is just too real for some tourists to handle. This results in Japanese tourists getting sick, and seeking therapy because of unmet expectations.
Bottoms ups! A Southern Calfornia brewery is taking its beer from toilet to tap. San Diego’s Stone Brewing has started making Full Circle Pale Ale using treated sewage water and recently held a tasting. While Bill Gates has shown that drinking “poop water” is perfectly fine, will consumers chug down this beer?
What did Nikola Tesla or Bertrand Russell think of fewer working hours? Can a good life only come from work — and if so how much of it, and what kind?
When a quantum interaction happens, one interpretation leads to an infinite number of parallel Universes. Here’s how that could be true. “As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with […]
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the nature of time and the conundrums of time travel in a recent interview.
“Shut up and take my money” isn’t just a meme anymore, it’s the way people are increasingly choosing to access art, news, and culture.
When galaxy clusters merge together, they form the largest objects the Universe will ever create. “On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in […]
In March 2017, the New Zealand government made history by passing the Te Awa Tupua Bill.
Australia could soon ban unvaccinated children from attending preschools nationwide.
A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.
America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.
The beloved honeybee has more in common with vertebrates that anyone thought.
A new study from Johns Hopkins University supports making birth control pills available without a prescription.
A Swiss scientist identifies the top predator in the world in a new study.
Knowing the details of genetic variance may help improve personalized medicine.
A new study reveals the positive effect being vegetarian can have on the production of greenhouse gases.
Space is getting bigger, but atoms, humans, Earth and our Milky Way stay the same size. How is this possible? “The Universe is expanding the way your mind is expanding. […]
Evolution exists and exerts itself in a different way than gravity does… because natural selection is an “algorithmic force.”