The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.
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Known as the ‘North Star,’ Polaris won’t stay that way forever. Planet Earth spins a full 360°, about its axis, every 24 hours. The Earth in orbit around the Sun, with […]
A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.
Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
All the fun of opening up a mummy, without the fear of unleashing a plague.
Christmas was banned in 1647 and rebellions broke out across the country.
Across the world, wildlife is under severe threat.
Psychologists discover that the way the brain perceives beauty differs between art or faces.
Recent research shows that brain teasers don’t make you smarter and don’t belong in job interviews because they don’t reflect real-world problems.
1895 map of New York City shows ‘concrete socialism’ in red, ‘private enterprises’ in white.
The new tool may someday be used in work that needs a light touch.
Getting plenty of sleep just became even more important.
Aligning your goals with deeply held values produces better results—in your career and life.
Are atoms, humans, planets, and galaxies destined to expand, too? One of the most revolutionary discoveries of the past century was the fact that the Universe is not eternally static and […]
The positive steps we are taking to prevent disease might have a negative side effect.
An ancient Martian meteorite carries with it some compelling implications.
How many hurdles stand in the way of hyperloops becoming a commercial reality?
The more you like, follow and share, the faster you find yourself moving in that political direction.
We still don’t know how the information encoded onto it gets out. No matter what you do in the Universe, its overall entropy always increases. Even when we put things in […]
Using a laboratory model, scientists get a nice Jovian surprise.
A recent NIHR report found that students with previously low connectedness scores saw improvement in well-being and eased anxiety.
As long as it remains operational, we’ll have a chance to conduct groundbreaking science with it. In the history of spaceflight, only five spacecraft ever launched by humanity possess enough energy […]
The Earth is not flat. Here’s how you can prove it.
Crocodiles have been called “living fossils.” That is, the species has remained unaltered for vast periods of geologic time. They’ve become so perfectly adapted to their ecological niche that millions […]
Recent American presidents have all faced a crisis of legitimacy in a trend that threatens the health of our democracy.
And do our black holes give birth to baby Universes? When it comes to our understanding of the Universe, the 20th century was full of surprises. A little over 100 […]
Let’s talk about swans. All swans are birds or, more specifically, waterfowl. They are large and sport long, slender necks. They migrate south for the winter, traveling in that eye-catching […]
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‘Critical Tourist Map of Oslo’ offers uniquely dark perspective on Norway’s capital.