Scientists pick up signals from an explosion of electromagnetic energy that occurred when a black hole ripped apart a passing star.
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Social media addiction may be on the rise. Surprisingly, there’s been very little research on it.
A questionable new study suggests green tea may be able to reduce the effect of Down syndrome on facial features.
In his first media appearances since the Cambridge Analytica story broke, Mark Zuckerberg spoke to several publications about how Facebook plans to protect user data going forward.
Scientists find a groundbreaking application of the supermaterial graphene.
Good news for space exploration?
Researchers are starting to get a handle on why ancient creatures returned to the ocean after their ancient ancestors climbed out of it.
Half of all blindness in humans is due to macular degeneration. There looks to be a cure.
Every February, Americans across the country celebrate Black History Month. This annual celebration recognizes the achievements of members of the African-American community, both past and present, and the central role […]
If it were, we wouldn’t be here. But there’s a scientific answer that’s been spectacularly confirmed. When we examine our Universe, looking out at the planets, stars, galaxies, and vast […]
We are all of us held together by words.
As more research on psychedelics appears, we need to take their therapeutic potential seriously.
“The greatest change-agent profession… is the legal profession.” But should these change agents side with big corporations?
A new study reveals that babies as young as one year old can think logically.
Self-actualization is a great goal, but how easy is it to actually reach?
Over the past week, former employees at Facebook and other companies have revealed how tens of millions of users’ data has been harvested and passed along to outside parties.
Whether you are new to the workforce or a corporate executive, you may find yourself in the position of needing to write and present an effective message to a group […]
The 2018 World Happiness Index reveals some surprises and explains why the world’s richest country is not one of its happiest.
Even our scientific heroes can’t be right about everything. Let’s learn the lessons that they never did. In the 1960s, a young theoretical physicist named Stephen Hawking rose to prominence as […]
UMBC’s upset over top-ranked Virginia last week was a perfect example of group flow.
In line with his own ingrained assumptions, the standard ones of Victorian England, Darwin maintained that female inferiority is an inescapable consequence of nature.
Last month, the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons released more than 6,000 prisoners early. The Sentencing Commission reduced their sentences retroactively. And the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill […]
Various studies have found that, on average, belief in God is associated with lower scores on IQ tests.
If you check your phone in the middle of the night, it says something about you.
Sudan leaves behind only two other northern white rhinos, but artificial reproductive technologies could provide a future for the subspecies.
The history of women being elected to offices of supreme power is short. Here are 10 women who have made the most of that time.
The Internet solves another mystery.
For every planet that orbits a star like our own, there are likely thousands of ‘orphan planets’ wandering the galaxy alone. Here in the Solar System, we can watch our star’s […]
Ten days before he died, Stephen Hawking published a final paper with a way to prove or disprove the multiverse.
A former employee of Cambridge Analytica has revealed new information on the harvesting of Facebook users’ data prior to the 2016 presidential election.