I wonder if 50 years from now we’ll look back, and maybe Julian Assange will be the hero and J. Edgar Hoover will be the enemy of the state.
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These tracks, captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, are thought to have been created from sliding dry ice on the Red Planet’s Russell Crater.
An electric bicycle took off in a Prague exhibition hall yesterday and completed a 5 minute flight and safe landing.
An electric bicycle took off in a Prague exhibition hall and completed a 5 minute flight and safe landing.
Michael Faraday became the greatest experimental scientist of the nineteenth century. But that never would have happened without the right mentor.
The whole idea of mastery is you’re going to eventually become a greater master than you’re mentor.
I’m not sure where to begin on the ethics of this. On the up side, inspiring kids to learn about technology such as this could directly lead to promising careers […]
Writers and historians enjoy making the case for one or another thinker as the starting point for an epoch. Did Galileo launch the scientific revolution? Or was it Copernicus? Or […]
The people behind the Lone Signal project are inviting the public to contribute text and photo messages that they plan to beam into outer space as a beacon to aliens.
This article originally appeared in The Daily Caller. You can read the original here. I do not come to praise Edward Snowden, but to pardon him — or at least, […]
It goes by many names — puma, mountain lion — but after being all but exterminated east of the Rockies, the great cat is slowly regaining lost ground, causing concern among biologists, wildlife officials, and ordinary citizens.
Three Oxford academics will be stored after death at a cryogenic preservation facility until technology catches up.
Is the division of labor still maintained today as Adam Smith defined it?
James Webb will grant a peerless gaze at the universe the likes of which we’ve never seen.
David Simon, the creator of The Wire, says media cover of the NSA Intercepts has been hyperbolic.
If we are able to create enough wealth for everyone on the planet to live full, healthy lives, can we do so without producing catastrophic damage to the planet or to ourselves?
In a charming essay on envy, A.S. Byatt observes that it “works inwardly; concealment is part of its nature.” Envy is a festering kind of sin. It’s also the Deadly […]
If you thought the concept of people traveling between cities – or even across the nation – in a matter of minutes was just a bit of Jetsons science fiction […]
It’s graduation season and young people everywhere are listening to speeches rife with promises of new beginnings. With one baby boomer turning 67 every seven to eight seconds, many older […]
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory released a video that captured multiple ‘sun tornadoes,’ or plasma moving across the sun’s surface.
A recent study indicates that parts of the western US have experienced a significant increase in the amounts of dust being blown around. Possible causes include drought and changes in land use.
When you pay in advance, not only will the meal be more likely to feelfree once it rolls around, you’ll also get the additional benefit of enjoying the anticipation of the meal.
A recent paper hypothesizes that the material that comprises most of the matter in the universe may consist of a type of theoretical particle whose signature has already been detected by scientists.
Their new report suggests that it’s not too late to implement changes that will help prevent a 2-degree global temperature increase by 2100.
“Everything happens for a reason” is my very least favorite thing for someone to say.
Two thousand Oklahoma City students were given free mobile phones that sent them encouraging texts each day. After nine months, they said they valued education more, but there was no corresponding increase in achievement.
Is NYT columnist Bill Keller right that it is “a blessing in disguise” for “a supporter of diversity” for the Supreme Court to restrict even further “the use of race […]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” Really?
The sushi restaurant chain YO!Sushi has introduced a flying drone server at its flagship restaurant in London.
The tools that philosophers use are also tools for everyday life.