As if the north pole of Saturn weren’t weird enough already. “Cassini is different — it’s a mission of enormous scope and is being conducted in grand style. It is much more sophisticated […]
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The longer you roll that dice, the higher the chance that a DNA mutation spawns a cancerous cell. The researchers on this study likened it to playing Russian roulette; sooner or later, there’s one in the chamber.
The African immune system has a downside—a higher risk of an autoimmune disorder.
A long-lost interview with the BBC host Ruby Wax shows Donald Trump appear to intimidate her.
Germany is becoming the first country in the world to start operating a fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains that emit only steam and water.
The secret Red Line Map that could have given Lower Canada to the U.S.
History’s most powerful female leaders, ranked.
It’s time to stop thinking of just five human senses, since neuroscience is revealing we have many more.
The press says yes. But what does the science say? “This isn’t my life anymore, Mulder. I’m done chasing monsters in the dark.” –Dana Scully, X-files Without a doubt, one […]
This drug combined with antibody therapies could prevent or even cure the neurodegenerative disorder.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. Historian and New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb on interspecies ethics, the limits of civil discourse, and mathematical symmetry as the defining principle of the universe.
Skeptic John Horgan identifies new theories of matter and the universe that reveal human narcissism.
When you see a stranger in some kind of hardship, how do you react? Researchers carried out a rare study in a real-life setting to assess the relationship between empathy and altruism.
They’re the darkest, most massive things in the Universe. How come they have nothing to do with each other? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued […]
As John B Judis writes in The Populist Explosion, this sort of uprising has been with us for years.
The polls are in, and what will be the deciding factor in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election is something a little more human.
Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
A new videogame has bad guys that evolve in response to the way you play.
Sean Curry takes aim at the rapidly evolving “gourmet” food industry that is warping our expectations, mindsets and first-world privilege to a scary new level.
Could the Nobel Prize of 2011 have been awarded without cause? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my […]
Physicists discover strikingly similar structures in human cells and neutron stars.
Every field has its revolutionaries – dance is no different.
As a number of states decide the fate of legalized and medical marijuana next week, John Hudak looks back at the history of public policy.
The DOOR CLOSE button on your elevator is there only to make you feel better since it doesn’t actually work.
New report has some surprising findings when it comes to the gender pay gap.
If humans are going to explore the solar system, we need to figure out how to live in space. The best way to figure that out is on the Moon — and you can help. Here’s how.
And succeeds! “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” –J. K. Galbraith One […]
Geneticists make a surprising find in the DNA of Melanesians.
Trees are far from dumb; they talk and share, because they need each other to live better lives.
Unfortunately, humanity will never see it coming.