The FBI’s “face recognition unit” was overwhelmingly made up of “non-criminal entries,” Georgetown researchers found.
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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?
It’s worse — and better — than you think.
People who believe in God or the supernatural don’t quite understand the physical world, claims a new study from researchers at the University of Helsinki.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. Author Margaret Atwood on genomes in the cloud, Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize, the elusiveness of dead authors, and why technology’s a three-edged sword.
There is a debate among would-be parents and experts alike, as to whether it’s better to undergo prenatal genetic testing and know if there is a problem – or not. Here are the pros and cons.
A new study suggests the brain gets more desensitized to lying with each lie you tell.
It’s a web, it’s a cloud – it’s under attack: how outages reveal the actual shape of the internet
SETI is searching for the same signals humans were producing in the 1960s. Why wouldn’t aliens do better? “I know perfectly well that at this moment the whole universe is listening […]
Anti-Islam fervor has overlooked important artistic contributions made by Muslim artists around the world.
A new study finds that even one season of football can affect a child’s brain. But soccer isn’t safe, either.
The ridiculousness of Hollywood science when it comes to memory loss.
Romantic advice from some of humanity’s biggest thinkers.
And could every black hole our Universe creates give rise to a baby Universe itself? “Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope,tied between beast and overman — a rope […]
Work on “memes” by Richard Dawkins provides insight on the spread of thought viruses.
The series is said to improve male performance and address any issues.
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle shares the wonder of experiencing the ocean’s creatures in the wild.
From “billions and billions” to more than two trillion, we still need dark matter as much as ever! “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be […]
Programmers at MIT publish A.I.-generated scary images scary for Halloween.
A new book finds that Hitler relied on a number of drugs to rule Germany, including “crystal meth.”
Two Canadian astronomers publish a paper with an extraordinary claim of possibly detecting alien signals.
Elon Musk wants to put 1 million people on Mars in 40 years. The internet had questions. Here are his answers.
Want to improve your mood? This study recommends you get walking, even for a short time, and even if your surroundings aren’t picturesque.
October had one, November will have one and December will have one, too. What’s the science of Supermoons? “The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It’s […]
Russian researchers unearth over 500 artifacts from a secret Nazi base in the Arctic.
Time travel has titillated scientists and science-fiction fans alike ever since HG Wells first conceived of it in the 19th century. But it plausible? Princeton astrophysicist John Richard Gott III discusses the two ways that it might be.