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Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were “profound.”
While a “counter-Earth” may be impossible, there are three other ways it could actually work out. “We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing […]
It’s not the end of the world, guys.
Keeping sugar-sweetened beverages off the dinner table.
The ban brings to light a bigger issue.
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but the universal story of us all is with us every day. “We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is […]
Without context, this is an alien world. How liberating!
Was Jackson Pollock more than just “Jack the Dripper”?
Iran is starting to show works of Western art that have been underground for 40 years.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will give away billions through their new LLC.
The supply chain for recycling paper burns more fossil fuel than it needs to. Epson has come up with a solution.
There was a huge problem a century ago, and it took an Einstein to solve it. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to […]
Long live the bicycle!
Prepare for the Great Space Gold Rush of 2025.
What will become of the unemployed humans?
Women’s entrepreneurship is a big key to solving global poverty. How can we make it easier for women to start their own businesses?
It’s been 60 years since Rosa Parks stood up for equality on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. What would she have to say today?
If sold at today’s value, the value of that stock would be $45 billion.
Amidst international conversations about climate change, Chinese artists are turning pollution into an artistic endeavor.
Dark matter may be cold and collisionless, but the strange behavior of planets just might lead to its detection. “Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if […]
How likely we are to bounce back from a setback is not predetermined. Here’s why, and what you can do to cultivate your inner fighter.
Lack of deep personal public concern about climate change limits the politically difficult actions governments are willing to take.
The brain behind these shelters is Industrial Designer Johan Karlsson, designing what he described as an “incremental modification to existing refugee shelters.”
In a future full of distracted drivers, cars will need a way to communicate with the outside world.
As it turns out, assessing long-term risk/reward ratio isn’t our strong suit.
The NSA’s ability to get records from telecommunications companies just changed, and that’s a good thing.
A drug is going into human testing that could prevent rapid aging.
The best-selling Christmas toy embodies and encourages acceptance of surveillance as a necessary aspect of modern life.
An update on the star 1,480 light-years away that gave us hope we weren’t alone in the universe.