Astronomers have discovered five new planets surrounding a star just twelve light years from Earth. One has a mass five times our planet’s and exists in its star’s habitable zone.
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Most companies begin with a flash of foresight that leads to an innovation. They come out with a new product or service that satisfies an unmet need, or better yet, […]
The Taboos of Alan Moore, Part 2 Regarded by many as the greatest comic book ever written, Watchmen itself broke custom: thinking it would not see reprinting – since almost […]
The arrival of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch in which the human race will exert a determinant influence over the environment, has some organizations saying a new strategy is needed.
Scientists at the University of Washington speculate that the goal of a super-intelligent civilization would be to create computer programs simulating other universes—ones such as ours.
The ability to upload the human brain into computer software, or advanced artificial intelligence modeled on specific individuals, could overcome technical roadblocks to deep-space flight.
Looking into a sliver of sky known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, astronomers have found light from galaxies born just after the big bang, telling scientists more about the early universe.
You know that supposed ‘debate’ about climate change? It sure isn’t about the science. A review by Dr. James Powell , a former member of the National Science Board (under […]
There’s a lot one can say about Daniel Inouye, the late U.S. Senator from Hawaii. Senator Inouye continuously served Hawaii in the U.S. Congress from the time of its statehood to […]
The Tor Project was originally created to hide dissidents’ online activity in countries that censor the Internet. Westerners now make up a significant share of its volunteer base, but signing on comes with risks.
Not only is the company looking to incorporate unsolicited clips, it’s considering including autoplay functionality. The goal: To grab dollars from advertising budgets currently reserved for television.
This month, proceeds from the purchase of any of three branded items displayed within the popular social game FarmVille 2 will go to the nonprofit organization Water.org.
The Verge’s Nilay Patel digs deeper into the recently-announced policy change that has Instagram users riled up. The reaction reveals that both have something to learn about each other.
When your hollow bullet causes a prairie dog to explode on impact, that’s called a tap. The real prize, however, is a double tap. That’s when your single bullet kills […]
Physicist Lawrence Krauss finds creation stories depressing – not because they’re implausible, but because they extinguish curiosity and limit human agency.
A scientist has created a new form of electronic ID that gives sites only the minimum amount of information needed for authentication.
The neuroscience of creativity is flourishing. But will the popularity of this subject lead to better, or sloppier science?
If errors are inevitable in the pursuit of anything worthwhile, then our most important decisions are inevitably made in their aftermath.
The Taboos of Alan Moore, Part 1 The world of V for Vendetta is both dystopia and the inevitable outcome of the Thatcher period Moore and artist David Lloyd worked […]
Years ago, when my friends and I were applying for competitive fellowships, awards, and school admissions, we had a macabre joke that there were times when we must have been […]
Sometime in the early 1930s, Henri Matisse hired a photographer to document his paintings at different stages of development. These photographs became signposts along the road toward what Matisse wanted […]
In a country where sports spending is all but nonexistent, two teams look to local businesses — specifically, a brothel and a funeral parlor — for funding.
The BBC is launching three pay-TV channels in the country, including CBeebies, which airs Teletubbies and other preschool programs.
In the wake of the awful events in Newtown, a “national conversation” seems to have started about both easy access to guns and the ways we deal (or don’t deal) […]
As neuroscience, cognitive science, computer programming, and artificial intelligence progress, we’re understanding better and better how we learn.
How can the government change the framework of choices that particular people are faced with so that their own small errors in risk perception don’t expose the whole of society?
How much would you pay to prevent the death of a child, or anyone else, from gun violence?
While guns don’t kill people, they certainly do make killing easier.
Tea growers have won legal protection for the name, ensuring that, as with certain specially-produced wines and spirits, theirs is the only tea that gets to be called Darjeeling.
Reporters Without Borders has launched a site that “publishes content that has been censored or banned or has led to reprisals against its creator.”