Is there a certain spiritual component to hope, supported by a belief in a God that can make goals and dreams come true? Or can an atheist be just as hopeful as a religious person?
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Why the 2017 Nobel Prize isn’t the end, but the start, of something really, really big. “Wormholes are a gravitational phenomena. Or imaginary gravitational phenomena, as the case may be.” –Jonathan […]
Self-Directed Learning (SDL) initiatives make employees pick and choose what they learn and when. Enabling employees to learn independently rather than from a formal training schedule offers benefits that can […]
A well-deserved award for the discovery over a century in the making. “Well, I walked into Building 20 and looked in at the various little labs. There was a bunch of […]
How precise can measurements get? Imagine accurately measuring a quartz crystal with merely a few photons.
A new study by the European Commission found that video game piracy may increase the downloading of legitimate games by 24%.
While 50% of people say they’ve had a lucid dream, only 20% have them regularly.
Mark Twain once said that God created war so that Americans would learn geography. Twain died before World War I, but his sardonic remark still has meaning.
New research at USC shows universal brain activity in the comprehension of stories for the first time.
It isn’t just the morality that’s dubious in the newest iteration of Star Trek. “If I die trying but I’m inadequate to the task to make a course change in the […]
Of course, the reality is even worse than these maps suggest.
Another week, another fresh batch of comments straight out of the Facebook. Did you make the cut?
Technology is allowing us to quantify exercise like never before, but turning activity into a game may be the most successful way to encourage fitness yet.
New studies shed light on how Neanderthal DNA is affecting the appearance and behavior of modern humans.
Gulp. Is that you, Santa?
When asked if they had “many opportunities” to find success in their careers, 70% of the young people surveyed said “yes”.
The results of this study may help scientists devise new drugs for pain and nicotine addiction.
Denying the possibility of immoral actions may be the very basis of our society.
Socrates: what a dummy.
Tesla founder Elon Musk is in talks with the governor of Puerto Rico to help rebuild the island’s power grid using Tesla technologies.
Why not just put your detectors in place of a giant mirror? “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” –Yousuf […]
Scientists discover that ice in space bubbles, pops, and flows.
A number of US jurisdictions are starting to keep animal abuser registries, sparking a debate.
Feversham Academy in Bradford, England has profoundly improved its students’ performance by adding a lot more music to their curriculum.
Following 14,000 people since the 1940s, these cohort studies offer insights into parenting, education, health, and the impact of poverty.
For thousands of years, all over the world, we’ve told tales of monsters and the undead. Why? Aaron Mahnke, creator of the ‘Lore’ podcast, on the hunger for mystery.
Even though we’ve never seen them, here’s what we already know. “Suddenly whole new programs open up, things you can do that you could never do before. It’d be great scientifically, […]
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a tattoo ink that could potentially be used to monitor medical conditions, with ink that changes in response to physical conditions.
One of inflation’s cofounders has turned his back on the idea. But practically no one else is following him. Is he right? This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is […]
This behavior was witnessed in boys but not girls.