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When we’re worried, identifying with our in-groups feels safe. Demonizing others feels reassuring.
Our Sun will someday become a red giant, and then a planetary nebula + white dwarf combination. Here’s what lies between. “It will be found that those contained in one article […]
COP21 makes history.
Clear skies? Go out and watch! Want a better show? Read on! “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” –Walt Whitman When it comes to meteor showers, most people […]
Ad blockers have given consumers a bargaining chip; let’s not waste it.
A new law just passed in France has got us thinking about alternatives.
It’s not just doctors armed with prescription pads and itchy trigger fingers.
The politics that don’t bind.
Hawking’s greatest achievement is also the greatest source of misunderstanding. “Maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but only waves. It is just that […]
Anonymous targets Donald Trump for his proposed ban on allowing Muslims to enter the United States.
Always wanted the Zen, but without the meditation? Maybe drawing is your path to mindfulness.
These days it’s hard to believe there is still moral beauty in the world. This is why we still want to believe, and where we can start looking.
Ice mountains, frozen nitrogen flats and surprisingly familiar features show what the outermost worlds looks like. “We’ve learned that the view of four inner rocky planets and four outer gas giants […]
What’s next in education?
Nigeria is building houses out of a most unusual building block.
Richard Feynman’s method for understanding science can also be used for detecting pseudoscience.
After hydrogen and helium, the periodic table is full of surprises. “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” –Harlan Ellison One of the most remarkable […]
Which makes you wonder what other “candidate worlds” aren’t worlds after all. “These types of systems could be ubiquitous in the universe. This is a really exciting time for planet hunters.” […]
Dengvaxia is a drug to watch for.
Have we ignored another of the criminal justice system’s major issues?
If all the rational arguments argue against American gun culture, then the irrational (sometimes creepy) ones must be to blame for our fatal firearms attraction.
Scalia was sitting right next to Clarence Thomas, the sole African-American justice, when he made these startling comments.
Germans are cold and hard. Filipinos are warm and soft. Or is that oversimplifying it?
Giving the streets back to folks for whom they were originally designed: pedestrians.
Making Internet available where there once was none.
Dark things come in small packages, but the reason why is what’s truly astounding. “A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.” […]
Building encryption into everyday services is more than just good business.