Mars used to be a warm, wet world, filled with oceans, rivers, and maybe even life. Here’s what happened. “Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying how the universe […]
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If all goes well it could become the biggest chain in America to switch to a no-tipping policy.
The pop-a-pill solution is a non-solution. But what is the alternative?
Do you want the government knowing how often you watch porn?
There are likely no more than five this big, this early in the entire Universe. “Based on our understanding of how galaxy clusters grow from the very beginning of our […]
Turn on, tune in, drop out, but read on about how Hippies and Hippie Modernism might rise again.
Women are being told that competing with one another isn’t very lady-like. Nature begs to differ.
An engineering professor at Oakland University has a surprising answer.
Looks like the inner planets formed *after* the gas giants moved to their current position, and Jupiter ejected a fifth giant, too! “The stars look the same from night to […]
The history of Guy Fawkes and the use of his likeness.
Why does much of the world stubbornly resist data and email encryption? Why don’t we enable it on all our devices all the time?
Questioning the power of individual choice.
Sometimes, space itself comes with its own magnifying lens. “We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.” –Madeleine […]
Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Groups and Clusters are all real. But Superclusters? They’re nothing more than optical illusions. “It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.” –Virginia Woolf […]
When a trophy just for showing up does more damage than good.
The mental mechanics of how emotions and logic relate aren’t widely understood. Our minds are built to mostly be “indirectly rational.”
Reading is dangerous, but there’s no harm in preparing students for the challenge.
NASA is getting really serious about its mission to land humans on Mars in the 2030s.
A new study shows how children who face difficult times grow up to be anxious adults. Luckily, there’s something we all can do.
Exploring and mapping the Universe? A great plan. But the math of spending billions on asteroid deflection doesn’t add up. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the […]
Roll over, Picasso, and tell Kandinsky the news.
A new study says people who worry are better prepared than those who don’t — but that’s not the whole story.
In principle, they could, of course. But around bizarre star KIC 8462852? Probably not. “The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is […]
Climate change doesn’t have the emotional characteristics that make it truly deep-in-your-heart scary. Leaders will have to act anyway.
NASA data from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICES) indicates that there have been “mass gains from snow accumulation” that “exceeded discharge losses” from the thinning glaciers.
Hotelling’s law, a principle from game theory explains the tendency for industries to set up shop right next door to their closest competitor.
They won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, but their legacy’s just beginning. “I know all about neutrinos, and my friend here knows about everything else in astrophysics.” –John Bahcall, […]
It was a dark and stormy night when a car accident was prevented by very cool technology.