The red planet is nearby, cool, sunny, and was once potentially habitable. Could it someday be that way again? “It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover […]
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She went from a child who could only squirm to one who could walk and talk again.
National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts stands to lose billions of dollars of student-loan debt if it can’t prove ownership.
In one of our wildest episodes ever, comedian Jeff Garlin cuts the surprise clip short to call B.S. on neuroscience and complexity.
Does a good deed “pay off” a bad deed? A lot of people view their actions this way, says Scotty Hendricks.
From a Universe that went no bigger than our Milky Way to the trillions of galaxies in our expanding Universe, our knowledge increased one step at a time. “Gamow was fantastic […]
A new game called Factitious aims to help people determine real from fake news online. Will this work? Exploring ways to be more media literate.
Funnily enough, some humans carry one of the very same genes.
Hyperloop One announces completion of first successful full-system hyperloop test.
Every year, companies strive to acquire and retain top talent. The cost of recruiting a new employee compared to retaining a current one varies from one business to the next, […]
Nutritional science has increasingly begun to discover that the optimal diet should be an individualized solution, determined by many factors.
If all we had were hydrogen and helium after the Universe were born, we wouldn’t be here today. “The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical […]
The arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby was recently forced to forfeit thousands of illegally imported artifacts.
A lot goes into classifying a drug, not only it’s effects but how it alters the brain.
New research suggests that Tyrannosaurus Rex could only walk, not run, a big change in its ferocious image.
After a generation, we’re finally getting another close-up view. With the science we’re learning, we just might solve its mysteries. “Jupiter instead cooled down below the threshold for fusion, but […]
How do great ideas happen at the workplace? Often when good workers are left alone.
With quantum teleportation now occurring from Earth to satellites, how long is it before we can teleport a human being? “There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.” –LeVar […]
All those donated clothes are interrupting production of local textiles.
Businesses have been adopting more diversity programs since the 1990s, but do they actually work?
A programmer was able to automate his remote job; collecting a full-time paycheck while working for two hours a week. The employer, none the wiser, is satisfied with the completed work. But is it ethical?
In How Emotions Are Made psychology professor Lisa Fedlman Barrett considers the role of emotions in health.
Can guess what’s on the list?
Is logic an immutable, unchangeable set of rules? Or has it it evolved with time – and will it continue to do so?
The communication techniques required to be a successful leader are frequently synonymous with the communication skills required for a business to be successful. For leaders who want to both deliver […]
Comparing NYC to Luxembourg, by way of iceberg A-68
If the expanding Universe and the cosmic microwave background didn’t convince you, this intricate, spectacular prediction should. “In the current cosmological model, only the three lightest elements were created in […]
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists’ attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
We’re at risk of mistaking the music for the piano in using a “jump to the gene” approach to biology. It’s time for a more fitting view of genes to evolve.
A new report highlights the increasing violence faced by environmental activists around the world.