An Applicant’s Guide To NASA Astronaut Selection This guest post was written by Brian Shiro: NOAA geophysicist, NASA researcher, and co-founder of Astronauts for Hire. “I wasn’t destined to be […]
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Street vendors benefit the economy in all kinds of ways.
It’s time to address the gorilla in the room, and the high percentage of his income he’s spending to rent it.
A new study reveals who is searching online for ADHD drugs, and the relaxed attitude toward “study drug” abuse.
A new study suggests that news reports of extreme weather build a dangerous tolerance for risk-taking.
For the 70 million people who speak with their hands.
Crossing the generational divide.
Science is the best tool we have for predicting the future. Here’s what the next year ought to bring. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s […]
These stars are too hot and blue for their age, and the leading theory just got a strike against it. “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work […]
How China’s new social credit system could lead to an Orwellian future.
Both are beautiful gifts, but only one is a beautiful learning experience. “The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie […]
There is a lot of hypocrisy in the way Naomi Oreskes attacks four renowned climate scientists.
Forensic anthropologist Richard Neave has given us the most accurate portrayal of Jesus to date. This still will not change the ways we misrepresent his identity.
Learning how to code will get you a job and a salary. More importantly, it allows you the freedom of understanding that you can solve problems that seem overwhelming.
It’s rare to find a galaxy where the arms wrap around even a full 360 degrees. But after billions of years, why is that? “The farther we peer into space, the […]
We’re teaching robots to learn in all kinds of new ways.
President Barack Obama is giving away a special holiday gift to inmates.
A concern with quiet students’ well-being should not push us back to outdated educational models.
How the “hierarchy problem,” or why gravity is so much weaker than everything else, might be the key to the entire Universe. “I just think too many nice things have […]
It’s the rebels among us that change the world.
In Munich last week, physicists and philosophers debate what makes for a scientific theory. Surprisingly, no one agrees. This piece was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized […]
Not water, not ice, and definitely not aliens. Here’s how we know. “You are the salt of the earth. But remember that salt is useful when in association, but useless in […]
Neither astronomers nor native Hawaiians are to blame, but it’s up to everyone to get it right moving forward. “The cause of Hawaiian independence is larger and dearer than the life […]
When the news doesn’t tell you everything.
An experiment from the 1920s explains why cliffhangers are so compelling and starting a task is often the most important part.
Freud was much more than the Id and Oedipus, and he may be the answer to today’s problems.
Pretty soon, these maps may be as dated as the Bing Crosby song
The Fed slowly removes the training wheels.
A New York legal case could impact us all.