A new study of male bottleneck dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia discovers that each individual has his own distinctive name-whistle that other dolphins use when “talking” about him.
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New research in psychedelics is showing them to be a powerful antidote to depression. We need to implement them into therapy.
There’s a big reason no one, not even Stephen Hawking, could fill Carl Sagan’s shoes. Everyone has a unique story to tell. For scientists, that story is one that usually only […]
Dr. Alex Berezow talks about the importance of communicating science in a clear and accurate way and why he turns to religion for the answers to some questions.
Most people will experience feelings of deep loss and distress after a long-term relationship breakup.
Russian workers are being taught the art of smiling in order to seem more welcoming to the 1.5 million tourists expected to attend the 2018 FIFA World Cup this week […]
We, for one, welcome our new pizza overlords.
The world’s newest land, created by Hawaii’s volcanic outburst, already has an owner.
Drinking heavily over a long period of time has been known to cause early onset Alzheimer’s. But the forces behind this phenomenon have been a mystery, until now.
In an unprecedented summit on Tuesday, North Korea has pledged to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, though the vague promise comes with significant concessions from the U.S.
It’s not clear, though, whether the “trailer” is meant to influence Kim Jong-un or #45’s fans. rn
The workforce, which primarily currently consists of Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials, is now seeing the introduction of Generation Zers. Individuals who fall into the last category are typically […]
In the patent filed by Uber, it’s clear that the ride company’s A.I. software will use a number of data points to decide if a passenger is drunk—and how, then, to proceed.
Geologically, it might be the most intense Hawaiʻian eruption in over 200 years. But not a single person has died, thanks to science. Hawaii, a chain of islands in the Pacific […]
Digging deeper into last week’s revelations about the Red Planet.
Marketers have long used envy as a tactic to sell products, but a new study suggests that it only works on people with a high sense of self-esteem.
Becoming a millionaire is not out of grasp for the ordinary person. Here are tried and tested methods for wealth creation to get your plan in action.
On Monday, a relatively small South Korean cryptocurrency exchange revealed hackers had made off with about $37 million in coins, spooking markets worldwide.
We don’t have to stop inquiring or wondering about the far-flung vistas of reality, we just need to do it with some good old-fashioned logic.
They fed it data from “the darkest corners of Reddit forums.”
A new study of CDC survey data shows that children with autism spectrum disorder are more than twice as likely to have a food allergy, causing scientists to ask which comes first.
In the wake of suicides by high-profile and much-beloved celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, psychologists and psychiatrists say that suicide is too complex and indeterminate for humans to predict.
If the universe is teeming with life, where is everybody? If this physicist is correct, they have one foot in their graves.
It’s the fastest orbit found in space so far.
Who needs a hole in the head? As it turns out, lots of people in ancient hospitals did. Why was one society so good at keeping people alive after it opened up their skulls?
A review of 33 trials confirms that loading your body does your brain good.
The data has been taken, collected, and analyzed. So where is the first image of an event horizon, already? Across multiple continents, including Antarctica, an array of radio telescopes observe the […]
A new study from the University of Oxford reveals what foods are, and are not, healthy for the environment.
Exhaustion and its effects have preoccupied thinkers since classical antiquity. A look at historically specific theories of exhaustion shows a tendency to look back nostalgically to a supposedly simpler time.
More and more prosecutors across the US are going after the friends and family of those who die from a drug overdose. Is this practice morally acceptable?