Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.
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Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
Our model of the Universe, dominated by dark matter and dark energy, explains almost everything we see. Almost. Here’s what remains.
“When you see me, weep.” When rivers dry up in Central Europe, “hunger stones” with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.
In special relativity, the statement that two events happened at the same time is meaningless.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
Should we be searching for life on other planets, or technology?
Magnetic monopoles began as a mere theoretical curiosity. They might hold the key to understanding so much more.
Why should it be considered impolite to discuss something so important to our long-term well-being?
If you want a medication to kick in faster, lean right.
The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!
Break into London Zoo? Illegal, but it would improve the London Circle Walk
The false assumption the Multiverse relies on is that something which exists requires an explanation.
A clever neuroscience experiment shows that the “other-race effect” is likely due to a lack of experience and perceptual expertise rather than racism.
“The very best arguments against God have been formulated by believers.”
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The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.
Cognitive fatigue results from thinking too hard and long. Neuroscientists now believe they know why this occurs.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?
Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?
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He couldn’t identify the numbers 2 through 9. But strangely, he could still see ones and zeros.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
For a time, Francis Fukuyama looked like a prophet.
Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith “is really asking a different set of questions,” says Collins.
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At their cores, stars can reach many millions or even billions of degrees. But even that doesn’t touch the hottest of all.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Here’s what it means for the field.
The key problem with the dark matter hypothesis is that nobody knows what form dark matter might take.