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With a new data run coming in 2019 at unprecedented sensitivity, we might finally get our answers. Over the past three years, LIGO discovered ten independent instances of merging black holes […]
A new study warns of millions of “lost Einsteins.”
Money may not buy you love, but it won’t break your heart either.
The biggest questions about cryptocurrency, answered.
From psychology to neuroscience, what we believe is not nearly as relevant as why we do.
A new paper estimates the low and high end of total electricity consumption by the Bitcoin network, but not all agree with the methodology.
And what do we still have left to learn? The original idea of a black hole goes all the way back to 1783, when Cambridge scientist John Michell recognized that a […]
Turns out those violent video games might be a blessing in disguise.
There’s a lot of confusion as to what AI, machine learning, and robotics do. Sometimes, they can all be used together.
A classic experiment gets an update that contradicts key assumptions of quantum mechanics.
When you slow down after exiting the highway, or hush your voice in the library, you’re using this brain mechanism.
People who displayed higher intelligence were 28% more likely to wear glasses.
What do we see from watching birds move across the country?
Researchers believe it’ll interweave the internet, A.I., and the human brain in a way that will create a “second self.”
Microsoft is experimenting with underwater data centers that could cut cooling costs and provide faster internet connections to the billions of people who live near oceans.
What seems like sorcery is actually smart science.
This technology could close the gap between nature and the man-made environment.
“How do you feel?” is a simple and commonly asked question that belies the complex nature of our conscious experiences. The feelings and emotions we experience daily consist of bodily […]
Our attention is more than just a resource. It is an experience.
A new study may change the face of astrophysics.
Scientists are developing liquid metal or “electric blood” that can move and form 2D shapes. This may revolutionize the field of soft robotics.
In 2016, Facebook employees were just 33% female and 2% black; YouTube employees were 30% women and 2% black; Apple employees were 32% women and 9% black; Google employees were 31% women and 2% black.
It all boils down to the power law, also known as the 80:20 rule.
There are two classes of so-called “big questions.” The former are invented, and the latter can be fully answered by science.
A new study shows how bots and Russian trolls have been spreading misinformation and confusion on Twitter about vaccination in an apparent attempt to sow discord among Americans.
Scientists think constructing a miles-long wall along an ice shelf in Antarctica could help protect the world’s largest glacier from melting.
Computer control in the form of AI and brain-computer interfaces is being introduced to the art of composing.
Four out of every five American adults and children are not moving enough.