Many deserving potential awardees were snubbed by the Nobel committee. But this takes the cake. Every October, the Nobel foundation awards prizes celebrating the greatest advances in numerous scientific fields. Alfred […]
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We’re blissfully ignorant of how we put ourselves at risk online.
One of the scientists with the Viking missions says yes.
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Discrimination against people because of their age is a real phenomenon.
A review of the global “wall” that divides rich from poor.
Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no “hair.”
A talented young programmer, Christopher Wylie found himself at the center of a complex plot to overturn the cultural order in the United States and Europe—one that most likely tipped the scales on Brexit and the 2016 US presidential election.
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Since the 1940s, NASA has been testing experimental aircraft (aka X-planes) at California’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In the past two decades, however, the agency […]
The under-recognized condition affects workers in offices across the globe.
While the blockbuster franchise might have given us a distorted view of science’s capabilities to address species extinction, new research might come close to “resurrecting” lost species’ DNA.
Move over deepfakes. Multi-agent artificial intelligence is poised to manipulate your mind.
There’s concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.
But the U.S. remains an “innovation powerhouse,” according to the annual report from the World Economic Forum.
Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.
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The Red Planet, the God of War, and important life lessons for us all.
A new paper suggests a primordial black hole may be making things weird at the edge of our solar system.
Increasingly sophisticated automation technology can save big money for banks by paring down the workforce.
Antibiotic resistance poses one of the biggest threats to global public health.
“We made America great,” one Russian operative joked as Trump’s victory became clear.
Is capitalism naturally unempathetic?
Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]
It’s a great time to be an astrobiologist—and for all of us to be asking, “Are we alone?”
From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.