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Humans like to believe evolution implies progress. As Stephen Jay Gould notes, Darwin warned of this misunderstanding. We may be better at adapting to our present, regrettable circumstances.
And are likely due to subsurface water, geysers and an incredible process. “Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?” –Job […]
Will we be building a better world or a more homogeneous one?
Some within the autism community take issue with seeing autistic people as having a disorder, decrying the “cure culture”.
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene discusses how we may not be able to see other dimensions.
Police use the same mechanism to make split-second life-or-death decisions that we do. But that mechanism is kind of a racist idiot.
If they change and distort spacetime as the ripples pass through, could what was once inside actually get out? “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn […]
While people treat bread like the devil, Michael Pollan thinks it might just be our impatience creating the real issue.
A synchrotron has just unlocked the writing inside ancient Herculaneum’s incinerated scrolls.
It seems very odd now, but one of the greatest thinkers ever, believed that we could rely on the love of math and its beauty to make us better people. Here’s why Plato thought so…
After 4th of July this past Monday, here’s the science behind how they work! “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it.” -The Simpsons This […]
Researchers find that a compound within marijuana may potentially protect from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
When the news media don’t do their job, comedians step in to ask the tough questions.
In light of the prison sentences of Oscar Pistorius and Lionel and Jorge Messi, we examine why athletes who commit crimes have the luxury of lighter sentencing.
Though those of the mother have been researched, the father’s biometrics are now getting a closer look.
Why Everest and the Grand Canyon are so small. Yes, SMALL! “How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a […]
A new Italian study shows that women who eat pasta are skinnier. But there’s more to the research than that.
Hash-tag capitalism, paid posts, and transparent (but not honest) sponsored captions – will this social media influencer trend ever end?
Researchers have discovered peculiarities in a baby’s immune system which might lead to the end of HIV.
Dan Pink explains how to use a couple of questions to help another person persuade themselves that you’re right.
If it’s such a light element, why are Earth’s stores of it buried beneath the surface? “I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, […]
Slavoj Žižek considers the pursuit of happiness to be dumb because we don’t really want it anyway.
A new study links one of the world’s most popular painkillers to an increase in autism spectrum and hyperactivity symptoms.
What narrow misses did NASA’s Juno probe face on the five-year journey to Jupiter, and it’s acrobatic slip into the orbit of our solar system’s largest planet?
It’s the ‘nightmare scenario’ for some. But for Sabine Hossenfelder, it might be a dream come true. This article was authored by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]
Sebastian Junger takes a big-picture look at depression, PTSD, and the importance of the tribe in his new book.
The atmosphere is on the mend, according to an article published in Science. It took almost 30 years for the ban on ozone-depleting substances to work and scientists are saying the ozone could be completely healed by the middle of the century.
Combined with Hubble, it creates our longest-baseline view. “It used to be that Pluto was a misfit. Now it turns out that Earth is the misfit. Most planets in the […]
Tesla announced it’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system was involved in its first deadly crash on May 7, 2016. This marks the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle. However, this tragedy should not hinder progress.