Nikola Tesla was a rare genius who never received the recognition he deserved while alive. (He was overshadowed by his former boss and rival Thomas Edison). Tesla gave us neon […]
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NASA posted a photo today of the Lighthouse nebula. The image shows the aftermath of a supernova, including a runaway pulsar and a spiraling jet that’s 37 light-years long, which […]
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” -George Orwell
Michael Jackson proudly wore the crown as the “King of Pop” until his death in 2009. In the visual arts, at least for Americans, Andy Warhol’s ruled as the “King […]
We are made of exploding stars: from the iron in our blood to the calcium in our bones. It all comes from supernova explosions, and now researchers can look inside […]
If stars, planets, and biological processes are so common in the Universe, then where is everyone? “If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens… Where Is Everybody?”–Stephen Webb As egocentric as […]
Bees aren’t the most obvious choice when picking collaborators, but they’ve been cooperative in helping Canadian artist Aganetha Dyck create sculptures decorated with honeycomb. Her work is inspired by the […]
A member of NASA’s Expedition 38 crew on the International Space Station snapped this 600mm night view shot of Sochi, Russia a few days before the Olympics began. The “eye” […]
Stephen Hawking shares 10 of his best science jokes in this video series from the Science Channel. Charismatic and controversial, Hawking has no shortage of fans. Image credit: elhombredenegro/Flickr
As human development continues to encroach on nature, there’s now a proven solution for how wildlife and highways can peacefully co-exist. Wildlife crossings are commonly used to protect the migration […]
“And so is the type of great men that shaped European history a very particular figure: half warrior, half statesman…” –Richard Wilhelm, 1922. MOST scholars believe themselves to be a […]
The trouble with labeling everything a “fallacy” is that (1) not all poor reasoning is automatically fallacious, and (2) it implies that everybody would agree on everything if we could only think correctly.
It’s fine to celebrate success, but more important are the lessons of failure.
This just in from Ukraine: President Yanukovych has sacked the country’s armed forces chief, has agreed a ‘truce’ with the three main opposition leaders, and wants to start ‘negotiations’ to […]
Facebook Messenger has been getting destroyed in Europe and emerging markets. That’s the reason behind Facebook’s eye-popping $19 billion purchase of messaging service WhatsApp, announced Wednesday. As TechCrunch points out: […]
Pussy Riot members, preparing to perform on a public plaza in Sochi on Wednesday, were quickly stopped by a militia of Russian cossacks. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, recently freed from prison, was […]
The idea of sitting directly across from George Zimmerman would induce a visceral reaction in many. Yet this polarizing figure has numerous supporters as well—his first painting reportedly sold for […]
If we knew all we do about math and physics, but had never seen the heavens, what would we conclude? “Both the solutions must be rejected, and as these are […]
Want indestructible skin that can withstand bullets? Scientists are experimenting with one of the toughest natural materials found on earth: spider silk. One day soon we can all be Spider-Man, […]
NASA scientists have been trying to figure out a mystery dating back to the Apollo moon missions, according to the Mother Nature Network. They may be closer to understanding what […]
CHINA has always been a ‘living sage culture’. A ‘culture without sages’, on the other hand, was a culture that lacked a profound respect for relationships – the relationships among […]
According to an article published yesterday in Popular Mechanics based on an article published this week in Current Biology, a new application named “Ultimeyes” has been created that can train […]
The first-annual Praxis Chutzpah Comment of the Year Award goes to Charles Macheers, a man who is brazen enough to call retrograde discrimination “civilized” and decry “discrimination” while pushing a bill that would allow bigots to exercise their bigotry with impunity.
The only thing possibly worse than facing a creative blank is facing a creative overload—to find yourself drowning in a sea of influences with no guiding life preserver in sight. […]
Internet neutrality stands for everything we hold sacred: from freedom of information to freedom of expression. Let’s be clear about this–from raising awareness of human rights crises to crowd-funding projects […]
Violence broke out in the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine today between pro-democracy protesters and riot police. At least nine people have been killed and hundreds more seriously injured, including journalists […]
How many times would you have to fold a piece of paper in half for it to reach the Moon? “Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, […]
This could be a photograph snapped during a family vacation to the Grand Canyon. These are the tire-tracks of the car-sized Mars rover Curiosity. NASA reports that the future Pixar […]