Right and wrong has never been so gray in the Star Trek Universe. Imagine you’re in a fight with an enemy, and the fight itself isn’t fair. You might have […]
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At least 25% of the land that captures carbon is in the hands of indigenous people.
From religion to democrats to… Whole Foods. Did you make the cut?
A recent psychology study examines the importance of intellectual humility in decision-making related to politics, health and work.
AI is leaving human needs and democracy behind in its race to accomplish its current profit-generating goals.
The highest paid athlete in history does not live in modern times. That person lived in Ancient Rome.
Time on your own means time to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Canadian authorities have decided that the f-word is acceptable language for French Canadian broadcasts.
A startup with a $100 million investment wants to implant chips into human brains to enhance their abilities.
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The first stars formed almost half a billion years before we could see their light. Here’s why. At the moment of the Big Bang, the Universe was full of matter and […]
“It’s a common enough scenario. A vegetarian has been invited to a friend’s place for dinner. The host forgets that the guest is a vegetarian, and places a pork chop in front of her. What is she to do? ”
Scientists didn’t know why the sleep deprived experienced cognitive lapses, until now.
Breakthrough gene therapy allows doctors to replace 80% of an epidermolysis bullosa patient’s skin.
Kids say the darndest things. They’re also far more adept at workflow management than adults are. What can we learn from them?
A new report shows that the true costs of war are much higher than reported by the Pentagon.
How to overcome anxiety in a time that tries men’s souls.
From millions of miles to millions of light years, there’s nothing else that leaves trails like this. When you point your telescope at the distant Universe, observing a faint, massive object […]
Researchers believe they have enough evidence to support the “kelp highway hypothesis.”
One day in 1995, a large, heavy middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didn’t wear a mask or any sort of disguise. And he smiled at […]
In our modern, increasingly globalized world, organizations both large and small are being tasked with managing ever more diverse workforces. As our understanding of diversity evolves, we see it in […]
Do you know you Hangzhous from your Changzhous?
The differences between what you are and what you could be are stunning. The human body consists of somewhere around 1028particles, all bound together. The typical human has a mass […]
DEFCON hackers find it’s really easy to hack U.S. voting machines.
Charisma comes down to two things.
Most marriages end in resentment. Why should longevity be the sole marker of a successful marriage?
We know that body language reveals a lot. But language is an even bigger tell if you know what to look for.
This is the oldest fossil ever found belonging to the line that leads to us.
Our empathy is getting better, but universal? No way.
NASA and SETI invite the public to nickname a small icy world, or pair of worlds, in the distant Kuiper Belt ahead of a New Horizons 2019 flyby.