Rather than life arising on Earth, did it already exist in space prior to our planet’s formation? “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it […]
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If we could stop viral epidemics before they happened, tremendous sums of money and lives would be saved. But how do we do it? A new organization called the CEPI was founded this August with a robust answer.
Researchers at MIT have developed a system that can read a person’s emotions, even hidden ones, at a distance.
A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that fitness trackers don’t help you lose weight. Instead, they may impede your efforts.
A spiritual journey through the world beyond the grave, a hell, a purgatory, and a paradise is considered a masterwork of world literature.
Three new studies suggest early modern humans migrated from Africa in one massive migration between 75,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Most of us have heard of the double helix. But quadruple helix DNA?
Job automation won’t be as bad as we think, so we need to learn how to stop working and prepare so we’re not dragged into the future kicking and screaming.
There’s more to intuition than meets the eye.
Dark energy tells us what the Universe is doing right now, and it’s disconcerting. But its fate has some incredible possibilities. “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth […]
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.
There is software that can track drones in open areas, but none that can do so in tight-knit, urban ones.
Russian police arrest a robot canvassing humans at a political rally.
It’s the cheapest Michelin-Star dish in the world; a plate of soya sauce chicken from this Singaporean street hawker will set you back $1.80. But the secret recipe is for sale, and it’s a little steeper.
It takes a magician —or two — to know when someone’s performing clever sleight-of-hand.
Comet-like tail, X-rays and more discovered at Solar System’s edge. “Maybe some people don’t feel scared when they think about comets and supernovas. Maybe they think it is wonderful.” –Lydia Netzer […]
I trail run early in the morning, in part, to avoid people. Los Angeles might be vast, but spacious it is not. By 6:30 am I’m running up one side […]
When science funding goes down we have to make tough choices in deciding what gets funded, that should be easy, right? Too bad great ideas often come as a total surprise.
Super-recognizers are people with an extraordinary gift for remembering faces, and researchers are trying to find them.
Does your doctor have the right to choose not to help you if they oppose the procedure you request? Several schools of thought offer differing answers.
GAIA Satellite To Find Out If We’re Wrong About Dark Energy And The Expanding Universe “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that […]
Does smiling make you happier? These and many other popular claims in psychology are not standing up to scrutiny. Here’s what that means for science.
As a society we place a high value on the practical nature of science and business degrees. But what about the practical nature of the humanities?
A new study in nature reports that LSD minimizes fear recognition and enhances emotional empathy and sociality. Is it time to widely utilize ‘trip treatment’?
A new study shows that addressing the ADHD epidemic may require a dose of physical activity, so kids can refocus and learn effectively in a classroom.
A “double burst” of star formation in a globular cluster may explain our galaxy’s mysterious center. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” –J.K. Rowling […]
The mission might set a precedent for exploring bodies of water on other moons and worlds as well.
Theoretical physicists may have arrived at an understanding that makes the pursuit of principles and laws through science meaningless.
