As a number of states decide the fate of legalized and medical marijuana next week, John Hudak looks back at the history of public policy.
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The DOOR CLOSE button on your elevator is there only to make you feel better since it doesn’t actually work.
New report has some surprising findings when it comes to the gender pay gap.
If humans are going to explore the solar system, we need to figure out how to live in space. The best way to figure that out is on the Moon — and you can help. Here’s how.
And succeeds! “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” –J. K. Galbraith One […]
Geneticists make a surprising find in the DNA of Melanesians.
Trees are far from dumb; they talk and share, because they need each other to live better lives.
Unfortunately, humanity will never see it coming.
Innovation is all about people. And the world of innovation is a world in which humans define what is new and accepted and embraced.
Interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for harnessing outside-the-box thinking on behalf of others, and they’re just as important as math, science and technology training.
Google’s Deep Brain team watched neural nets learn to develop their own encryption.
Sorry to all you ‘Flash’ fans out there; it’s not reality yet. This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy […]
From a “watery past” to water today! “If you look at the field of robotics today, you can say robots have been in the deepest oceans, they’ve been to Mars, you […]
From “Under The Sea” to “Part of your world” Happy Halloween!
It often feels like the repercussions of climate change may not apply directly to you. But here’s something that will hit home – a somber prediction for your coffee supply, and all those workers who farm it.
Driverless cars are nothing short of a revolution – not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change our lives.
Driverless cars may be borne out of science fiction, but they are fast becoming realities on tomorrow’s roadways. The transition from driver to robot is nothing short of a revolution. Not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change how and where we live, work, play and interact with each other.
There is a new wellness trend emerging in South Korea – experiencing your own funeral. While at first this sounds twisted, in truth this ritual utilizes what other cultures have long known.
Yes, climate change movies are sad and often lead to quiet desperation, but here’s why we should continue watching and acting.
The future success or failure of the economy is up to the young, and many countries could do better to equip them.
A UK-Chinese team of scientists have delivered a prototype for a better battery, which could extend the time between smartphone charges – and it’s all inspired by our guts.
Can you legislate for good human behavior, or does proposing laws to imprison those who use racial slurs distract from actual progress?
A recent study reflects that men view their female friends differently than women view their male friends – but by a pretty insignificant margin.
Several studies over the last 10 years have shown that people who come from a higher economic rung of the ladder simply don’t connect with other humans they same way as those who are in the poor and the lower economic classes.
New research by Australian scientists shows what exercise can make some people more intelligent and prevent dementia.
The FBI’s “face recognition unit” was overwhelmingly made up of “non-criminal entries,” Georgetown researchers found.
The most impactful technology inventions in history are ranked.
Physicists are investigating the long-term data storage properties of diamonds.
Chemical poisons are often used by farmers to control animals that destroy their crops but these chemicals are very harmful to the environment. An innovative project called LIFE Laser Fence is addressing this problem by substituting the use of poisons with lasers that will shoo animals away.
And if it were, is there any way we could detect that this were the case? “Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would […]
Dreams are not rational, neither are fantasy novels and comic books and yet they’re immensely valuable in processing our thoughts, feelings and moral quandaries. Does Tarot do the same?