An MIT astronomer famously explained why aliens haven’t contacted us yet.
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Also, where are you going to find a ram’s horn at this time of year?
It isn’t the Big Bang or stars like the Sun that gave rise to us. The story is far more… explosive. At the smallest level, the human body is made […]
Consider carefully the words of Willy Loman and Maya Angelou.
The controversy over whether Jesus had any siblings is reignited after an amazing new discovery of an ancient text.
A new study shows that teens who use bullying tactics have more sexual partners.
Did Elon Musk invent Bitcoin? The mystery surrounding the creator of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency deepens.
Do these five experiments right in your own living room, and explore some of the most baffling phenomena in all of nature. It’s a revolutionary idea that the Universe is made […]
Only a radically new tax system, one that affects everyone’s bottom line, can compel the environmental transition in consciousness that we so clearly need.
At the very least such fake news could further divide us. At worst, a violent incident occurs, perhaps even on a large-scale.
Here are some of the most impactful scientific achievements in a year full of discoveries.
The ‘big discovery’ is nothing of the kind. We need a new planet-finding mission to probe the next frontier. Last week, NASA dropped a bombshell that it’s Kepler mission — the greatest […]
Infographics tally up our holiday mishaps.
We often look at our impulses as a bother. Things to be overcome and controlled, but what if we are looking at them the wrong way?
The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple over the next three decades, to nearly 14 million in the United States alone.
Efficiency is an obsession for many organizations—whether they’re businesses, nonprofits, or government agencies. However, efficiency isn’t a metric in and of itself. Efficiency is always linked to another performance metric; […]
Those awful almost-changes they made? They could have avoided the whole problem by simply doing the math. Designed for artists, writers, and creatives* of all different persuasions, Patreon has become a […]
The government decides the risk of research into dangerous viruses is worth the reward.
BASE particle physicists have discovered a very precise way to examine antimatter.
Some philosophers have tried to base morality on human nature, but what does biology say about that?
‘Total work’, a term coined by the German philosopher Josef Pieper just after the Second World War in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948), is the process by which human beings are transformed into workers and nothing else.
A study of moose skull sizes on a remote island shows the effects of global warming.
We can “read” genes with ease now, but still can’t say what most of them “mean.” To show why we need clearer “causology” and fitter metaphors, let’s scrutinize cars and their parts like we do bodies and genes.
If you haven’t finished your holiday shopping yet, consider these 10 gifts, good any time of year! One of the hardest things when it comes to holiday shopping is to find […]
A massive solar project has just been completed, and its specs are impressive.
With so many charities relying on these donations to achieve their goals, how do we choose between them? How do we know how much impact our dollars actually have?
A NYT article says the Defense Department been tracking mystery aircraft.
Just like everything else in life, good health is all about timing.