The author of “Auroville: The City Made of Dreams” talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.
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Research from MIT’s School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative found making college more affordable cut dropout rates and boosted degree attainment.
Scientists find a new species of flower in a remote part of Hawaii.
For the Iroquois, it was a type of military training and a way to honor the gods.
It might not feel that way, but a 95% dark Universe really is the best game in town. No matter how much we might try and hide it, there’s an enormous […]
A large-scale meta-analysis aims to disprove the notion that pornography consumption causes sexual aggression and violence.
Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.
Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.
Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.
A deeper appreciation for science and less unnecessary spending could be in our future.
An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.
After a wait of 397 years in orbit, we’re finally getting a truly ‘Great’ Conjunction. Recently, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn finally met. Looking towards the southwest skies from […]
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
New research shows that experiencing an opposite-sex body in virtual reality impacted the subject’s gender identity.
There’s no such thing as a miracle drug.
A study explores how your dog does when you’re not home.
It doesn’t propagate at infinite speeds, and that’s a problem for Newton. When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, […]
With just a few more neutron star mergers, we’ll have the best constraints of all-time. How fast is the Universe expanding? Ever since the expanding Universe was first discovered nearly […]
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
Scientists watch as mice mouse around an onscreen maze.
The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
While most of these deaths are driven by external factors, interventions can still help prevent them.
We have been rejecting science for far too long. We all need to embrace it. For as long as human civilization has existed, those societies that have embraced science have had […]
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government’s approach.
Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.