You might think that it should be all black, but then how would we see it? “It is conceptually interesting, if not astrophysically very important, to calculate the precise apparent shape […]
All Articles
An accidental discovery may lead to a vaccine-like treatment for depression and PTSD.
Here’s how a discovery by a plucky band of sky-watchers changed science.
A study suggests people act aggressively on their prejudices when they have plausible deniability.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Architecture critic Sarah W. Goldhagen on how the built environment shapes our minds and cultures.
‘Trump supporter’ is not a synonym for moron. Philosophy professor Daniel Bonevac is a reminder that understanding your opposites, not dismissing them, is the way forward.
The world’s first malaria vaccine will be released in Ghana, Keyna, and Malawi in 2018. While malaria was eradicated in the US by 1951, it still kills over 400,000 people worldwide each year. Will this vaccine help eradicate malaria?
Sometimes, designing a careful experiment and measuring absolutely no effect can be the most important result of all. “It appears, from all that precedes, reasonably certain that if there be any […]
Alain De Botton talks about the danger of succumbing to “status anxiety” that leaves you caring too much how others judge your value.
Wanting there to be something beyond the standard model may be influencing what we actually investigate. “In recent years several new particles have been discovered which are currently assumed to […]
Netflix’s new teen suicide drama has parents and many mental-health experts terrified.
Britain hasn’t brexited yet, but the EU has already scrapped it from its map
See if these practices can improve your life.
It’s tempting to add the spins of the quarks together, but that’s not what the experiments agree with! “We must regard it rather as an accident that the Earth (and presumably […]
A new extension suggests that you follow people you don’t agree with. Will this help pop your bubble?
Scientists successfully test an ingenious system for growing premature fetuses.
The biological process they go through is similar to how yeast turns sugar into alcohol.
A new study says some TV viewers are more moral than others. What kind of viewer are you?
Scientists find a surprising way to biodegrade plastic at an impressively fast rate.
How humanity discovered where our elements come from. This article was written by physicist Paul Halpern of the University of the Sciences in Pennsylvania. Paul is author of the new book […]
A Silicon Valley investor is spending millions on a publicity campaign aimed specifically at Elon Musk.
Former President Obama returned to public life today, indicating some topics he’ll focus on during his post-presidency.
Research on five million runners shows that working out with a friend pushes you harder and longer.
Personifying certain drugs as evil while calling opioid users “victims” points a glaring spotlight on drug policies that aren’t really about public health.
How did New York end up there?
Did you go to one of the 600+ science marches across the globe? Here’s why the cause matters. “We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on […]
Amidst the recent discovery of super-Earth LHS 1140b – one of the “most exciting” exoplanets discovered in the last decade – a unique scientific crowdsourcing project is about to begin to further advance the search for new planets.
The Bella Bella Heiltsuk will use these findings in negotiations over their traditional lands.
Someday an implant may help the neurologically impaired overcome a damaged memory.
Philosophers David Chalmers and Daniel Dennett argue over “philosophical zombies,” created to question the nature of human consciousness.