And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as “absolute motion,” how do we measure it? “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about […]
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A DEA memo reveals that the agency is considering removing marijuana from its list of Schedule 1 substances.
A new DNA study of ancient mummies shows the complete extinction of first Americans after the arrival of Europeans and provides support for the Bering Strait Theory.
A stunning new image of ALMA’s protoplanetary disk sheds light on planetary formation. “TW Hydrae is quite special. It is the nearest known protoplanetary disc to Earth and it may […]
A Tibetan artist explains what’s at the center of a Buddhist wheel of life.
Learn what PTSD does to the brain, and how someone can bounce back.
Impressionist master or indulgent misogynist? Why do people either love Renoir or love to hate him?
World’s biggest island? Up for discussion. The next 25? See this map.
WhatsApp has joined Telegram, TextSecure, and many other secure messaging apps, enabling end-to-end encryption when sending texts and multimedia messages. An encrypted messenger has become the one of the most popular ways to communicate.
A recent study shows that non-believers are more tolerant of Islam than Christians and other groups.
1604 is the last time a human saw one with their naked eyes, but that wasn’t the most recent one at all. “When a star goes supernova, the explosion emits enough […]
Scientists in Australia have just discovered a link between dark chocolate and mood. And all they had to do was feed people chocolate for a month.
If Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made you mad, maybe you’re part of the modern nerd culture Batman began.
If life is indeed a virus, then tardigrades are very likely the vector.
Geology rocks! “Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.” –Jane Porter There are plenty of people out there who’ll give you a rundown of what your birthstone […]
Steven Kotler explains what happens in your brain at aha moments.
High-wire artists Phillippe Petit says mistakes are our very best teachers.
A recent Pew Research Study finds women to be the more religious gender worldwide.
How colliding galaxy clusters emit the most spectacular fireworks, if only you look beyond what your eyes can see! “Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. […]
Researchers have been saying they are close for decades. This time however, it’s different.
Psychedelic mushrooms may be the explanation to how the human neocortex experienced a dramatic evolutionary change from early hominids to homo sapiens.
Thanks to the generous contributions of our Patreon supporters (which includes many of you), Starts With A Bang has now been creating free-to-listen-and-download podcasts for the past six months, including […]
The name of our country reflects a legacy of blood-soaked European colonialism and other historical ills. To get a fresh start, we should rebrand America by renaming it.
If they shoot out straight lines of high-energy particles, why do they carve bubble-like shapes? “When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up […]
Scientists have just discovered that newts regrow limbs differently as adults than as babies – which could finally pave the way for limb regeneration in humans.
Elon Musk is confident that the electric car’s future is solar-powered.
How did immigration policy and a lack of integration help cause the Brussels attack?
As songwriters, The Beatles had a special trick for making lyrics resonate: They leveraged the power of personal pronouns to connect with listeners.
Everything else has a 5:1 dark matter-to-normal matter ratio. But get a smaller and smaller galaxy, and dark matter skyrockets! “For the moment we might very well can them DUNNOS […]
The Achilles heel of AI is an inability to discriminate between sources of knowledge that are trustworthy and those that are deceitful and manipulative.