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The 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude is an unlikely love story between a depressed 18-year-old Harold and a lively 79-year-old Maude who meet at a funeral. Given the rise is online dating and its impact on how couples unite, it is fair to ask: If Harold and Maude was set in 2017, would Harold pick Maude on Tinder? 

Last week, an asteroid fell from the sky and struck the Lake Michigan area. What if it had been a city-killer instead? “By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save […]

The driverless car is coming – but what will *you* being doing in your self-driving car? Robotic cars will give rise to a new ridership economy of on-the-go services and experiences.

Maslow never got around to publishing the final tier of his pyramid: self-transcendence.

We know there’s a gut-brain connection, but just how deep does it go? Could we treat depression just by adopting a particular diet?

It’s the longest feast we’ve ever seen, and it’s still going on! But why? “Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come […]

I’ll meet you at the corner of Saruman and Aragorn

In a time when many agencies and researchers are threatened, let’s remember how the scientific method originated. 

Is there such a thing as boredom, or is it an all-encompassing term for a variety of root causes like apathy, frustration, or depression?

Should political preference be a deal-breaker when looking for love? There are now dating sites for progressives, Trump fans, and Americans looking to escape the Trump presidency by marrying a Canadian. In an age of deep political polarization, dating sites based on ideology may exacerbate the problem and prevent a star-crossed love from blossoming. 

Researchers study the “paradox of happiness” to find out how get into “flow activities” that would make us happiest.

While often compared to the Roman Empire, the United States is not likely to collapse in the same way.

A study of the zinc left behind at a plutonium blast site shows that it’s identical to what’s in moon rocks, supporting the idea of an explosive lunar origin.

The causes of hit products are themselves uncausable. ‘Hit Makers’ by Derek Thompson explains why we know how to make songs, but not hits.  

Philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers warns about an AI-dominated future world without consciousness at a recent conference on artificial intelligence that also included Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Demis Hassabis and others.

They have the same feelings as normal people. It’s how they make decisions that’s different.   

Is gravitational repulsion a real thing? “For the first time, astronomers have outlined and named the network of galaxies that includes the Milky Way, adding a line to our cosmic address […]

Time crystals could even form stable qubits, making quantum computing possible.   

Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Artificial Intelligence inventor Ben Goertzel on thinking (and feeling) machines. 

An affectionate sendoff for popular beloved global-health statistician Hans Rosling.

Why Saturn’s Iapetus has three great mysteries… and we’ve only solved one of them. “The dance between darkness and light will always remain — the stars and the moon will always need the […]

The radical idea has a track record of success in some sense. But there are lot of concerns as well.   

Are virtual assistants teaching children to be nasty?

A California man is suing Apple for not enabling a lockout feature on iPhones. He’s not the only one.

One of the most famous quantum physicists of all makes his mark in space, 80 years after first predicting it. “What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed […]

The idea that reality is comprised of atoms and space goes way, way back.

Evidence suggests that gains in symptom reduction are permanent.  

Just as the collective ruckus of science deniers hits its peak, Netflix announces a date for ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’, a heroic new show that will answer the most pressing science questions of our era. 

Before you even look through your telescope, you need to know where to begin. “If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control […]

DARPA, the U.S. Department of Defense military research agency, whose work has resulted in staples of modern life such as the Internet and GPS systems, is now working with a […]