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When black holes stop eating, galaxies fade away. “I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food.” –Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Most large galaxies are […]
An ancient philosophy is becoming popular again thanks to author Ryan Holiday.
“Memory is a poet,” Marie Howe once remarked, “not an historian.” When it comes to fake news, our minds can be easily and permanently misled.
Safeguards must be put into place before a Minority Report scenario crops up.
The just-passed federal Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act makes it illegal for ticket scalpers to acquire tickets using software bots.
A 99-million-year-old dinosaur tail with feathers was examined in a new study by an international team of researchers.
In honor of John Glenn, here are some of the most badass things that happened in space that you might not know about — but totally should.
Surveys reveal the least religious, most atheistic population centers in the world.
They move at the speed of light, but not even light can escape. So how do gravitational waves? “I think there are a number of experiments that are thinking about […]
A new study finds that having a single extra chromosome may reduce the chance of cancerous tumors. But like everything, it’s a balancing act.
10 million prime age men have checked out of the workforce. Let’s improve their prospects.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Author, Podcaster, and “Human Guinea Pig” Tim Ferriss on death, ignoring most of the news, and sake as a secret weapon for podcasting.
A Harvard University study of women finds a link between optimism and risks of dying from a number of diseases.
And defeat for new physics. Without something spectacular, there’s no reason to build a bigger collider. “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is […]
When the rest of the world chooses nationalism, Iceland chooses radical change.
Researchers find the most common superstitions in the United States, breaking them down by gender, age and part of the country.
In some countries at least, the “obstetrical dilemma” has been solved by modern medicine.
China is is upsetting many of its people by forcibly exhuming the dead to clear space for development.
Democracy needs a new PR team. Polls about the way US millennials view democracy seem shocking, but analyzing their reasoning brings about an unsettling truth.
It’s not appealing to authority that’s the problem; it’s the false authorities and what comes next if you accept their nonsense. “When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask […]
Artists who become famous for their children’s work get relegated to the ‘sunshine and candy’ category of our minds. But it turns out Dr. Seuss had serious political bite.
Pedal faster, we need the juice! The tech giant is about to become the world’s greenest company. Here’s how.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
MRI study finds brains of ASD subjects are more symmetrical than typical brains, which makes sense.
Spain and the US have very similar compulsory school hours and homework requirements. There’s a good argument for rallying against this trend.
If the impossible space engine works, could dark matter reconcile the laws of physics with these bizarre experimental results? “…axions are potentially detectable through their weak coupling to electromagnetism…” –Aaron […]
They’ll reportedly last for thousands of years. This technology may someday power spacecraft, satellites, high-flying drones, and pacemakers.
Biomechanist Katy Bowman argues that our fitness mindset has environmental consequences in her new book, Movement Matters.