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If a passenger claims a pooch is a service dog, there’s nothing much anyone can demand by way of proof.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent remarks about the future with artificial intelligence prompted alarm from Elon Musk.
Go back to school, Agora style. Philosophy can train us to respond to life’s problems rather than merely react. One such training camp is coming to Baltimore.
A new study shows the effectiveness of medical marijuana in preventing the abuse of prescription drugs.
Everything is made of quarks, leptons, photons, and gluons, yet everything comes with a finite, non-zero size. “There’s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the […]
The list of issues reported by Transport for London is shocking.
Sen. John McCain announced he’ll be voting against GOP legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Writer Kurt Andersen on passionate kookiness as the American Way.
If not for the indeterminate nature of matter, the Sun would never be able to shine. “The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are […]
There’s a special reason these generally solo cephalopods have decided to cohabitate.
Scientists develop the first robots capable of merging into a single-minded unit.
It isn’t just a theory; it’s the best way we have to make sense of everything that exists. “The physicist is like someone who’s watching people playing chess and, after watching […]
NASA discovers a surprisingly dark planet about 1,400 light years away.
Hundreds of millions globally could be impacted in a significant way.
Researchers are looking for, and finding, effective methods for dealing with pain that don’t require drugs.
The research isn’t all negative.
“These facts have been presented time and again, year after year, for decades,” DiCaprio says. “Quite simply, we are knowingly doing this to ourselves.”
In an analysis of more than 140 million of its U.S. members, LinkedIn identified a key difference between how men and women present themselves in their profiles.
A new study from the Mayo Clinic says that letting dogs in the bedroom may not disrupt sleep quality.
The ELT, at 39 meters in diameter, will dwarf everything that’s ever come before. “There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don’t have much relevance. […]
John Cleese was in super sarcastic form during his recent Reddit AMA.
This is the 1st study to show evidence of a relationship between methylation drift and lifespan.
For any enterprise to succeed, everyone in that enterprise needs to meet certain performance standards. If these performance standards aren’t being met, then the business may fail to achieve the […]
Last week, Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere. Here are the top 6 things we learned from it while it was alive. “Being a scientist and staring immensity and eternity in the […]
Different gut bacteria may affect differently the way energy is metabolized from foods.
In 1936, a school girl named Phyllis wrote a letter to Albert Einstein to ask whether a person could believe in both science and religion. He was quick to reply.
Imagine data delivered by light. This is an important benchmark toward the development of a whole new computer.