If more people decide to apply pressure through their choices, slowly but surely we would reach climate change herd immunity.
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In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there’s no stable “neutronium” at all. But what’s the reason why?
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.
It can sometimes feel like career progress is beyond your control. This can be especially acute if you are a young professional or entering a new industry. You’re too inexperienced, […]
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
In the year 2000, physicists created a list of the ten most important unsolved problems in their field. 25 years later, here’s where we are.
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]
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How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago find that death triggers increased activity in certain brain cells.
Simple physics makes hauling vast ice chunks thousands of miles fiendishly difficult — but not impossible.
For many years, cosmologists have claimed the Universe is 13.8 billion years old. A new paper says no, it’s 26.7 billion. How do we decide?
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
New machine-learning algorithms from Columbia University detect cognitive impairment in older drivers.
Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.
Malignant discrimination remains a problem in society, but it’s one we’ve improved upon compared to its historic highs—or, rather, lows. Interracial marriage, to pick one example of progress, used to […]
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
We are generally taught that there is an arc of history — an inevitable path of progress that leads to modern society. Maybe it isn’t true.
When the mutual relatives of two royal families died, the countries were likelier to go to war.
The placebo effect is not the “power of positive thinking.” The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.
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The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
An important step toward figuring out our space station future.
What began as public outcry against Iran’s so-called morality police has snowballed into a mass movement targeting the very essence of the Islamic republic.
Nothing meaningful is done quickly.