The BBC tried to organize a seismic event by having 50,000 people in one place jump at the same time. A kilometer away it registered as a .6 on the […]
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It’s convenient that TV shows are 30 minutes long: you can watch one more before cleaning the kitchen after dinner. Just one more. Soon, it’s late, and you decide to […]
Venus can now be seen in the morning sky on the eastern horizon just before dawn, according to NASA. Her shift as Earth’s morning star is playing amazing “tricks” around […]
You know that the square root of -1 is “i”, an imaginary number. But did you know any of these? “There is not enough love and goodness in the world to […]
Are video games unholy pastimes of the Devil, in your sincere estimation? Go ahead and fire your Minecraft-playing employees.
Most successful company leaders have common sense and sound judgment, leaving their personal feelings and issues aside when business decisions are concerned. However, it is not rare for executives to […]
NASA is creating the coldest place in the known universe, according to DNews. Space is already freezing cold. So why does NASA need it even colder? It turns out that […]
One in four Americans think the earth is at the center of our solar system, according to a study by the National Science Foundation. Europeans did even worse: one in […]
Forget what space horror films have told you. In space, they may not be able to hear you scream, but you can hear earth “sing.” Ham radio users have been […]
IN contemporary Western ‘China studies’ 99% of its scholars are what I call language imperialists. They purposely replace important Chinese key terminologies with European words. It is plainly their only […]
“Oh! what a tangled web we weave,” Sir Walter Scott wrote in his 1808 epic poem Marmion, “When first we practice to deceive!” But what a pretty web it might […]
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss
“There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.” – Ralph Ellison
The intricate design of snowflakes is captured in this breathtaking video. Russian filmmaker Vyacheslav Ivanov recorded the mesmerizing formation of some under a microscope. After watching this video, snowflakes will […]
Paul McDonald didn’t expect his letter to go public. The Valorem Law Group partner had queried sixteen states, asking leaders to consider investigating Big Food’s potential role in paying for […]
How a “New Star” appearing in 1572 paved the way for us to truly begin understanding our Universe. “I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet […]
Why is our solar system flat? We started off as a shapeless blob of gases after the Big Bang. How did our solar system flatten out? From Saturn’s rings to […]
Ever wonder how jetpacks work? The motorcycles of tomorrow may not be populating the skies just yet, but you can test drive a jetpack. There’s a famous jetpack instructor who […]
Harry Houdini survived many dangerous feats, including being trapped in a box underwater. To add to the Houdini myth, the great dare-devil died on Halloween. What finally did him in?: […]
Pleiades, the brightest and well-known star cluster in earth’s sky, is slowly destroying part of a passing cloud of gas and dust, according to NASA. That and the “spidery” imagery […]
The number one retirement financial plan for the next generation of retirees is not simply saving or investing, but rather to work longer and through many of the years we […]
“When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” – George Harrison
A uniquely-darkened spiral galaxy is one of the most unusual sights in the night sky. But what gives it its one-of-a-kind appearance? “Some day I hope to meet you. When […]
It’s mathematically possible for your consciousness to exist without your body.
Google wants to develop super-fast internet across the country known as gigabit broadband. We covered Google’s announcement in March 2010, but it looks like it’s facing hurdles from both telecom […]
The Verge has an interesting article today taking us inside New York’s Explorer’s Club, that bastion of adventures who boldly dared to go where no man (or woman) had gone […]
THERE have been a lot of rumors lately about the possibility of a revival of Confucianism. Powerful scholars, not without personal agendas, call for a Confucian constitution. Some people have […]
The hijinks of Silicon Valley are ripe for satire, from the hyped-up start-ups to the cult-like obsession with tech gods past and present. HBO’s new series “Silicon Valley” is an […]
Exactly how big is the universe? DNews discusses the latest theories and just how close we are to knowing almost the exact size of our vast cosmic home. Image credit: […]
Here’s your existential food-for-thought for the day. What exactly would happen to you if you got sucked into a black hole? What would that demise be like? Everyone’s favorite astrophysicist […]