We have every reason to believe gravity is an inherently quantum theory. Here’s how we’ll prove it once and for all! The following article was written by Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine […]
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NASA picked up a completely unexpected gamma-ray burst coming from the same black holes that proved gravitational waves.
And why it might spell trouble for dark energy as we know it. “That’s all regular matter, just five percent. A quarter is “dark matter,” which is invisible and detectable only […]
There is a growing number of atheists in the world. There is also a growing amount of evidence pointing to the benefits of non-believing.
What could be causing the gender pay gap if education isn’t the only problem?
If you’re looking for the blueprint for a better tomorrow, you’ll find it in Rutger Bregman’s Utopia for Realists. Its premise is simple: we should adopt a universal basic income plan for all citizens, work less, and open up our borders.
20 cognitive biases in a chart that could keep you from making a bad decision.
Like many things in America, death is a business. And we’re not doing it well.
Mathematician Dr. Hannah Fry tells the story of zero, a genius idea that transformed human progress.
Fossil fuels could be phased-out in 10 years, according to a study done by Professor Benjamin Sovacool. History shows us strong government support coupled with a shift in consumer preferences driven by incentives will help us get there faster.
What will the city of the future look like? Alphabet’s Sidewalk labs plans to find out. The company will soon present plans to Alphabet CEO Larry Page for building a techno-utopia from the ground up.
They’re even more spectacular in the close-up detail it delivers. “This then, I thought, as I looked round about me, is the representation of history. It requires a falsification of […]
Scientists and pretty much anyone who’s taken a biology class is used to talking about reproduction in a certain way. Is that way accurate?
Take all the Christians out of the United States and these are the biggest religions for each state: a Buddhist West, a Muslim crescent across the South and Midwest, and a Jewish Northeast.
A new study confirms that zapping your brain with electricity might increase the ability for creative thought.
Is Amanda Palmer (who turns 40 today!), queen of pop-up concerts, kickstarter, and social media, the prototypical artist of the future?
And could what we see over there spell disaster for Earth? “An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered […]
The best way to solve a big problem is to think small.
Looking at cute cat photos has potential work benefits according to a study by Hiroshima University researchers.
I scored an exclusive interview with Dave Reitze, the executive director of LIGO. Take a trip inside his Universe. “When I was in high school, I was certain that being […]
Wonder how your brain makes space for new memories? Scientists at Oxford just discovered how.
A mysterious, unidentifed, low-frequency hum as been baffling people for years.
New research verifies that each addresses a separate cognitive domain.
Douglas Rushkoff’s new book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus is a refreshingly practical progressive how-to amid the rhetorical excesses of this election year.
There is a crisis in male health. Learn what it is and how scientists plan to overcome it.
That our atoms come from stars? You’ve got to think bigger than that! “The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It’s […]
We may be able to harness our own “data exhaust” to do great things.
Author-musician James McBride claims that James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, holds the secret to America’s race-torn soul.
You may not have heard, but agriculture is about to undergo a truly organic revolution. Indigo is one of many agriculture businesses that’s researching how microbes can help increase crop yields even as our climate changes.
There are continuous gaps in consciousness when information is processed and you lose a sense of time says new research.