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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will truly usher in a new era of astronomy. If you want to find the very first galaxy of all, you have to understand not […]
Humans blame cats for killing birds, but our buildings are far worse.
After a comprehensive study, researchers came to a startling conclusion.
“Nothing but naked people: fat ones, thin ones, old, young…”
In his new book, The Deep History of Ourselves, Joseph LeDoux explains where we come from.
The under-recognized condition affects workers in offices across the globe.
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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The Portal promises to be a deep dive into the possible.
A new study from Oregon State University makes it clear: it’s you.
A new experiment shows that two observers can experience divergent realities (if they go subatomic).
Edinburgh University project geo-locates victims of Scottish ‘witch-prickers’ in the 16th and 17th century.
Over the past 30 years, we’ve revolutionized what we know about the Universe. But we couldn’t have done it without these lessons. On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed […]
The first wave of the retailer’s anticipated automated delivery fleet hits the sidewalks.
And what role, if any, does gravity play? While most of us have never had the opportunity to go into space, we all have the chance to dream about it and […]
From “if-by-whiskey” to the McNamara fallacy, being able to spot logical missteps is an invaluable skill.
How an environmental theology class opened my eyes—and mind—to my biblical responsibility.
A new generation is waiting for the whimsy and wit of Dr. Seuss.
The results contradict the popular assumption that men react far more strongly to pornography.
And what might we learn as we collect new, never-before-seen data? If you took one of history’s top scientists from 100 years ago and dropped them into today’s world, what […]
Love + fear = awe. And awe can inspire the best and the worst in us. From 100,000 wild tigers a century ago, we’re down to around 5,000. Oscar winner Ross Kauffman’s TIGERLAND tells the story of the lengths some will go to to protect them.
Dozens of mummified cats were dug up this week. This isn’t as shocking as you might think.
The U.S. law regulating the cosmetics industry was passed in 1938, and it hasn’t been significantly updated since.
The summit of Europe’s most active volcano is also the world’s only decipoint.
A classic experiment gets an update that contradicts key assumptions of quantum mechanics.
The new design could help the robot explore disaster zones and other dangerous environments.
What is socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is it just capitalism?
Everything on Earth is made of atoms and their building blocks. Without this one rule, they’d never make anything interesting. Take a look around you at everything on Earth. If […]
If an AT-AT walker (or something even larger) wanted to walk across a frozen lake, how thick would the ice have to be? Each winter, one of the most spectacular phenomena […]