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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.
We are at greater risk to a full-blown epidemic than at any time in history. What’s being done to stop it?
Our Universe is becoming colder, sparser and emptier. But is that its inevitable, ultimate fate? “Quintessence is a dynamic, time-evolving, and spatially dependent form of energy with negative pressure sufficient to […]
Learn why you shouldn’t take a selfie in zero gravity, and other aspects of living in space.
A team of scientists demonstrates that the unique physical adaption of a blind cavefish from Thailand shows how land-walking species evolved.
Michio Kaku reminds us that with wonderful new technologies come not-so-wonderful unexpected uses for them.
When I first saw the video of people playing basketball, I counted each pass — and missed the obvious. You?
Some were kicked out of their Solar Systems at the beginning, while others never had a parent star at all. “The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and […]
If a politician’s broken promises ever broke your heart, Beethoven knew how you feel.
Your brain is the neural battleground of science and religion, with religious people and atheists differing in intelligence and empathy. Can the two extremes reconcile?
Casual sex isn’t as mindless as it seems, with people actually looking for love, and influenced by brain chemistry and genes.
2050 is coming, and how it looks will be the result of what’s on our plates.
Writers beware, an AI-written novel just made it past the first round of screening for a national literary prize in Japan. The novel this program co-authored is titled, The Day A Computer Writes A Novel.
We over-worry about terrorism when the latest attack makes news, and grow complacent when the headlines fade, and both our excessive and insufficient fears create risks all by themselves.
Neil deGrasse Tyson says the best way to get children interested in science is to get out of their way, or give them some binoculars.
Sitting for eight hours a day is bad for our health, this we know. But there’s not enough evidence to prove standing is any better for our wellbeing, according to one meta-analysis.
Feeling IS fast thinking. And emotions aren’t always guilty of being irrational. Whenever pondering minds, always bear in mind Daniel Kahneman’s teachings on the brain.
Happiness has gotten confusing (even puzzling our smartest scientists). “Bentham’s bucket error” is to blame, but “Plato’s Pastry” and a rare case of reality in Freud can help. It’s time happiness got less kid-and-id-centirc.
Cancer’s days may be numbered. Find out about the latest advancements, and where we need to go.
It won’t mean that global warming has stopped, but that won’t stop the usual suspects from making their anti-science claims. “…as a scientist I was trained you always have to […]