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With apps and digital connectivity ruling our lives, the need to physically be somewhere is less urgent. So what does this mean for robotic or driverless cars? Will the Millennial generation’s cold shoulder for cars affect the way they cost, look, and hit the market?

Hulk Hogan’s Gawker lawsuit is a classic freedom of the press case dressed up as a soap opera.

A group of German researchers are developing a way for robots to process pain. This “artificial robot nervous system” is designed to allow the robots to “feel” and avoid further unwanted stimulus.

The Sun might not be responsible for the short-term warming we’re experiencing now, but in the end, it’s all that matters. “We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps […]

When it comes to preparing first generation college students to succeed, it’s about tuition assistance, but also much more than that.

Poaching of African elephants has been a huge problem for decades, and the U.S. just took a major step toward addressing the issue.

Researchers are working on a pill to mitigate the effects of alcohol. Is it a price worth paying?

Occasionally, a star will blow off its outer layers in a sphere. The vast majority don’t, and ours probably won’t, either. “The self-same atoms which, chaotically dispersed, made the nebula, now, […]

In a referendum on 23 June, British voters will decide whether or not to leave the European Union, and Americans will decide in November between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The key to breaking a lateness habit is patient brain retraining.

Yale researchers create a groundbreaking device that utilizes two key concepts in quantum physics.

Thanks to modern brain imaging technology, researchers have been able to discover how memory works, and how to manipulate it. 

Today, it’s the most obvious thing in the world. But how do you prove it to yourself? “A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the […]

Racial bias has been around forever it seems, but it can show up in ugly ways on apps like Airbnb and Nextdoor. Here’s what they’re planning to do about it.

When it comes to finding meaning in the workplace, bosses can’t do much for you. But individual reflection can help.

Two of America’s core values—democracy and meritocracy—seem increasingly conflicted and confused. Let’s clarify how they’re supposed to work, using Lincoln’s tyranny test. 

Revenge, Hallucinogens, and a spontaneous William Blake Smackdown 

Einstein’s most famous equation didn’t have to be this way, but it is, all the same. “Science is global. Einstein’s equation, E=mc^2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift […]

Technically, the knife’s metal had extraterrestrial origins.

Shakespeare never visited America, yet the map of the U.S. is dotted with references to his work. 

All those hours spent trying to get the doctor to fill a prescription should count for something, right?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced new proposed rules to protect individuals from predatory lending services. And Google’s taking part as well.

More than ever, there is a need to differentiate bad science from good. 

Imagine cancer is no longer an issue, HIV is wiped out, and the signs of aging come on so slowly, one appears young forever. Gene editing promises much. Incurable diseases could become curable, new drugs could be created to battle cancer, and genetic diseases could be corrected. It has potentialities for research too. But we aren’t there yet. And there are lots of pitfalls we need to avoid.   

The mystery surrounding Planet Nine continues. This time around researchers question its origins.

Neurotechnology pioneers envision an expanded future for humanity straight out of science fiction.

It’s an old idea made new again, but it just might fall apart. “[The black hole] teaches us that space can be crumpled like a piece of paper into an infinitesimal […]

Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events.   

Will Curiosity outlast Opportunity, the rover it was designed to supersede? Or will it fail, since it’s too big for its britches? “By refocusing our space program on Mars for […]

Artists are producing tactile art for the vision-impaired and the blind.