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A new study finds a connection between brain lesions and the ability of a person to consider other beliefs.
The most elusive naked-eye planet is downright impossible to view for billions of us on Earth. “I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without […]
“We’re opening up a whole new territory of astronomy,” One NASA official said.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano on how the brain tells time and whether time exists at all.
Forwards? Absolutely. Backwards? Perhaps. Becoming your own grandpa? Only if you’re Philip J. Fry… “One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel — you smell […]
Five hundred years after the Reformation, a new book on Martin Luther reminds us how long the notion of a soul has influenced our lives.
A new study suggests that more anorexia and bulimia victims recover than was previously thought.
A case in which a judge used an undisclosed software algorithm to determine a defendant’s sentence has caught the interest of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Haseef Rafiei, a young Malaysian architect, had a thought one day: what if we could convert the real estate industry into an automated vending system?
With off-the-shelf materials and a little dry ice, you can discover particles that wouldn’t exist unless relativity were real. “The experiments that we will do with the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] […]
Do border walls keep countries safer, or merely project the illusion of safety?
No, you are most definitely not entitled to your own facts. In fact, you’re required to disclose what evidence would change your mind! “You must remember, my dear lady, the most […]
Unlike social media, email is especially seductive as its content is specific to you. Author Cal Newport offers tips for breaking free from this constant distraction.
If a maternal grandmother smokes, it increases her grandchildren’s risk of autism by 53%.
A new study says there are two main categories of politically correct people – PC egalitarian and PC authoritarian.
From inhospitable volcanoes to life so unique we discovered evolution there, the Galapagos is an incredible scientific story. “I was always amused when overtaking one of these great monsters [a […]
A new study shows that being (and remaining) overweight and having type 2 diabetes is neurological nightmare.
Science (and life) keep hammering nails “into the coffin of the rational individual.” But rationalism and individualism still haunt and systematically mislead—even about where your mind is.
You might think Jupiter is large, but you’ll be surprised at what happens if you try and make it larger! “A few centuries ago, the pioneer navigators learnt the size and […]
As medicine’s interest in psychedelic drugs increases,will a shamanistic brew join your therapist’s list of go to prescriptions?
Maintaining a hopeful, optimistic attitude positively affects a person’s health, academic performance, and relationships. But what makes someone hopeful or optimistic?
There are 400 breeds in total, including 23 distinct “clades” or types.
Is time travel possible? Of course it’s inevitable in some sense, as we always move through the Universe at the “boring” rate of one second per second. But what about […]
“Atheist churches” are popping up across the US and Europe. Is it just a trend?
Scientists create a superfluid with negative mass that accelerates backwards.
Our “one beer an hour” rule of thumb is based on drinking a bottle of Bud. Now that more people are drinking pints of stronger craft brews, how do we adjust this rule of thumb?
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Not everyone sees color the way you do. There are a suite of tools available to help graphic designers work more inclusively.
Wingland? Flemingia? The indignity of colonisation includes the imposed ignorance of the coloniser