And what it means if we don’t see gravitational waves from inflation in the next 5–10 years. “The paradigm of physics — with its interplay of data, theory and prediction — is the most powerful […]
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If you’re a white, middle-class woman who scans the headlines all day, you’re more likely than not to be among the angriest of Americans.
If you ask an American politician, God is crushing hard on America.
The conceptual tools of science had to be painstakingly built. Turns out seemingly self-evident ideas like discovery and facts once weren’t so obvious. In The Invention of Science, David Wootton excavates their history.
After then-president George W. Bush phoned Jacques Chirac, his French counterpart had to consult a biblical scholar to make sense of the conversation.
The psychologist who fundamentally changed how teachers talk to children warns her message has been lost in translation.
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Jobs have doubled in the past five years.
Tesla may have been the spark necessary to ignite the electric car industry.
It has been brought to my attention that some of you would like to have a copy of my book, autographed and personalized, and perhaps sent to either you or […]
Indiana Jones would have been a lot less irritable if he had access to machine learning.
New research demonstrates for the first time the domestic canine’s ability to discern between positive and negative emotions in humans.
Can colorblindness be eliminated simply by changing our approach to diagnostics? Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats claims it can be.
The two best-explored outer Solar System worlds orbit one another. But no one was prepared for what New Horizons saw. “Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs […]
Four years ago, the world was shaken with the announcement of a planet around Alpha Centauri. But was it real? “You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that.” –Samuel Beckett If […]
Watch entertaining reconstructions of classic experiments demonstrating our predisposition toward dishonesty.
Mark Rothko’s suicide colored how we’ve seen his art ever since. His son’s book paints a brighter, richer picture.
Life won’t let you go; not because brighter days are right around the corner, but because it just won’t.
Developers are working on a tablet for the blind.
The strain of peering into our mobile phones and tablets is causing serious vision problems.
Culturally and economically, modern Turkey is at a dangerous crossroads.
Part art installation, part green design. Completely cool.
A new study shows that preventative care has curbed fatal cases of treatable types of cancer, though other forms of the disease still present a serious mortal danger.
Coming to grips with the real changes.
Men may finally be able to take control of their reproductive futures.
Here’s some easy health advice we should all take with us into the New Year.
The ability for mass to bend and magnify background light is a unique feature of General Relativity. But it can fool us, too. “Gravitational and electromagnetic interactions are long-range interactions, meaning […]
No doubt you’ve heard one of these arguments given as a reason against gun control. Problem is, it’s very dubious logic.
The Campbell Soup Company says it will go ahead and label foods that contain GMO ingredients, breaking industry ranks on the issue holding up wider adoption of agricultural biotechnology.