Artists who become famous for their children’s work get relegated to the ‘sunshine and candy’ category of our minds. But it turns out Dr. Seuss had serious political bite.
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Pedal faster, we need the juice! The tech giant is about to become the world’s greenest company. Here’s how.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
MRI study finds brains of ASD subjects are more symmetrical than typical brains, which makes sense.
Spain and the US have very similar compulsory school hours and homework requirements. There’s a good argument for rallying against this trend.
If the impossible space engine works, could dark matter reconcile the laws of physics with these bizarre experimental results? “…axions are potentially detectable through their weak coupling to electromagnetism…” –Aaron […]
They’ll reportedly last for thousands of years. This technology may someday power spacecraft, satellites, high-flying drones, and pacemakers.
Biomechanist Katy Bowman argues that our fitness mindset has environmental consequences in her new book, Movement Matters.
Amazon announces a new type of smart brick-and-mortar shopping with no checkouts.
There is a lot of very elegant research on vaccines, but the key question is whether we can make a product that is manufacturable, and can be used safely when and where it is needed.
Here, it’s men who suffer from a (reverse) gender pay gap
The highest energy collisions go beyond any collider… and may hold a fantastic secret! This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity. […]
HINT: Don’t just learn the opposite view. Argue it.
The necessity yet utter inconvenience of wearing and carrying around a bike helmet has always posed an interesting design challenge – creating a helmet that is light, compact and ideally […]
In between time checks on the Doomsday Clock, Stephen Hawking is here to remind us we are living in dangerous times.
How should we view the amendment to Rule 41? Edward Snowden would have you believe it returns us to a time when a tyrant ruled over America.
Sometimes, what nature gives you is even better than what you hoped for. “Science doesn’t always go forwards. It’s a bit like doing a Rubik’s cube. You sometimes have to make […]
Scientists propose an unexpected location for extraterrestrial life.
Cognitive scientist Donald H. Hoffman asserts that not only do we invent our own personal views of reality, it’s an evolutionary necessity.
Forget everything you thought you knew about boiling and freezing, thanks to these MIT scientists.
Philip Morris is looking to wind back manufacture of its traditional cigarettes in favor of e-cigs. Why? Because the younger demographic is hooked.
Harvard University offers a free course on Buddhist scriptures.
Studies: One Dose of “Psilocybin” from Magic Mushrooms Relieves Depression in 80% of Cancer Patients
New studies from NYU and John Hopkins University show the effectiveness of psilocybin in treating depression and anxiety of cancer patients.
The results of one Stanford study has implications for art, politics, law, even religion.
A massive chart of humankind’s 113 spacecraft so far and where they’ve gone.
Jon Stewart shares his thoughts on many issues during a recent talk with the New York Times.
Sure, we move through it just like space, but it was the aftermath of Einstein that led to us truly understanding it. “It is old age, rather than death, that […]
Scientists at the food giant reportedly found a novel way of altering the molecular structure of sugar.
Few see how strongly science’s preferred languages shape and limit the thinking of many experts.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Artist David Salle on how even to begin figuring out what “works” in art.