In this video, Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer with The New Yorker magazine and author of four New York Times bestselling books, discusses what separates “geniuses” from the rest. In addition […]
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A cosmic controversy is back, and at least one camp — perhaps both — is making an unidentified error. Ever since Hubble first discovered the relationship between a galaxy’s distance and its motion away […]
More Nations Are Banning Ritual Slaughter. Should Religious Tradition Be Honored Over Animal Rights?
Kosher butchers must have a steady hand. Their ritual slaughter, shechita, must result in one precise cut severing carotid arteries, jugular veins, vagus nerves, trachea, and esophagus; it has to […]
Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real.
The effect worked best when the women knew whose shirt it was.
A theory proposes that the universe is not speeding up in its expansion but that time is actually slowing down.
Developing an effective learning culture—one in which employees are continuously learning new things and applying those lessons to their work—is one of the most important tasks for any modern organization.
Everybody seems to be making money on bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, but not many people grasp how the underlying technology works. Bitcoin is now traded on the exchanges for futures contracts. Is this problematic for amateur day traders that may not understand how bitcoin works?
From communication to intimacy, this data visual has it all covered.
Debunking the myth that Enlightenment-era pastors opposed modern science.
In his latest book, Fantasyland, Kurt Andersen covers the first five hundreds years of American magical thinking.
Even underground, there would still be a helicopter hovering overhead
The results are higher levels of anxiety, depression, and even thoughts of suicide.
Now, you can add chanting to your brain training regimen.
The genius investor hits an optimistic note in a time of dire fiscal predictions.
SpaceX unveils its most powerful rocket.
British doctors publish a study of a woman who cured herself of cancer with the aid of a household spice.
What if alien life — or even intelligence — don’t look like what we’re searching for? When the original Star Trek premiered, it was revolutionary for depicting sentient, intelligent species other than humans, living […]
It’s more than just weight gain—it’s chronic inflammation and weak immunity.
How useful are the algorithms dating sites use? According to one regulatory agency, not very.
Proposers’ strategies must be successful in one of three different environments.
A new year. A new chance to make it big in the hyper-competitive field of commentary. Will you make the cut this week and get plucked from our 2 million Facebook followers?
The U.S. State Department’s “Countries of Concern” include North Korea, Myanmar, and more. But how close is America itself to earning a place on the list?
Nissan is developing technology that controls the car by reading the driver’s brain waves.
Is high IQ really something that can genuinely turn people on? Apparently so — but only to a certain point.
This list of 10 non-winners is 50% women, but 100% outrageous. In science, advances often come in great leaps. In hindsight, it’s easy to identify perhaps hundreds of small steps […]
Could it simply be pleasure for its own sake?
A vanished people in a vanished place.
Our survival is rooted in theirs.
Scientists find that a drug meant for another illness may significantly help Alzheimer’s patients.