Nicola Thorp was recently sent home without pay for refusing to wear heels. Sexism in the workplace is only the first problem with this footwear.
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The Food for Thought app from the University of Illinois teaches students about climate change through the lens of eating healthy.
On this week’s episode of Think Again, poet/rapper/novelist Kate Tempest talks passionately about art and the human heart in our “tragic and troubling times”.
They’re judged to be “standard candles” and the greatest cosmic distance indicators. What if they’re not so standard? “It’s everywhere, really. It’s between the galaxies. It is in this room. […]
A fascinating international study takes a look at what the average person does in a lifetime, broken down by days and percentages.
A new spinal cord implant is holding great promise for the paralyzed. It may help those who suffer from certain neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s, chronic pain, and epilepsy as well. Experts say this is the most advanced implant yet, which may change the face of paralysis care, or even make the condition a thing of the past.
Waverly Labs has developed a universal language translator that sits in your ear. It’s called the Pilot.
DC taxi drivers will be collaborating with company Delivery.com to provide on-demand lunch service in DC. Could this been a new model for the “sharing economy?”
If we look to the distant future, with unlimited technology, how far could we reach? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I […]
The National Academy of Sciences ruled GMOs safe to eat, but with a lot of caveats about their social and economic impact. Plus, how do we define a GMO anyway?
A great 3-minute clip from Michael Pollan about the fascinating history of barbecue as one of the only foods that crosses racial barriers. #BBQ
Passport specifications are regulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the relative power of your country’s passport says a lot about its standing in thew world.
New techniques in cryogenics may fundamentally affect the identity of the revived.
It perpetuates a vicious cycle of physical pain and psychological anguish.
The periodic table offers up so many possibilities, but some things are off-limits in our Solar System. “There’s no god, it’s the elements that control this world and everything on it.” […]
Many people are turning to Pilates over pews in new American gathering spaces, writes Jason Kelly.
Irish scientists make an unexpected discovery about light by devising a new experiment.
Closing in on 35 years since HIV was first discovered, medical science is now starting to see the possibility of a day when HIV will be curable. In fact, new research has developed several possible strategies which could eliminate the virus from the body. But challenges remain.
Already-created neural pathways make it hard to correct our mistakes going forward.
A first study of its kind finds that psilocybin-containing “magic” mushrooms can be effective in treating depression.
The solution might not be easy, but researchers have identified strategies that help all children thrive in the classroom.
Children who grow up in cities have higher rates of psychosis than others. Researchers find that social cohesion and crime rates are important to these differences.
Our best “Big Picture” of the universe might be Sean Carroll’s “poetic naturalism.” But his skillfully framed physics and philosophy synthesis needs more “moral geometry” and a “naturalistic fallacy” update.
Could finding a planet capable of supporting humans already be within our reach? “The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so vast and the treasures hidden in the heavens so […]
Float tanks are increasing in popularity due to their role in stress reduction and even altered states of consciousness.
Ultra-deep field? Move over; there’s a new deepest-view of all! “In other words, theory attempts to segregate the minimum number of possible worlds which must include the actual world we inhabit. […]
The Urban Confessional project offers free listening to anyone who has no one to talk to.
Humor — more specifically, humor done standing up in front of an audience — is something that humans can claim all to their own.
A recent study out of Australia has crunched data over a 29-year timespan and found no correlation between cellphone usage and brain cancer. Hooray!
If black holes suck everything in and nothing can get out, what does that mean for dark matter? “A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another […]