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From the history of LSD to the origins of hip-hop, these 10 documentaries will educate and inspire.
Cybersecurity costs billions of dollars each year. Building on a blockchain could solve many of our security problems.
There’s something very special inside a proton and neutron that holds the key. There are few things in the Universe that are as easy to form, in theory, as black holes […]
Ever think you’d see a single atom without staring down the barrel of a powerful microscope?
The history of April Fools’ Day is long and glorious. We’ve got seven of the best pranks of all time for you here.
There are plenty of questions we don’t know the answer to. With quantum gravity, they might be solved! This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized […]
80% of solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere. This team has found a way to tap into the rest.
Designed for a 90-day mission each, dust killed the overachieving Spirit and threatens to now kill Opportunity. But it didn’t have to be this way. In 2004, NASA launched two exploration […]
A company specializing in A.I. medicine will tell you how long you’re likely to live.
A questionable new study suggests green tea may be able to reduce the effect of Down syndrome on facial features.
The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]
A new study performed at MIT suggests that children remain very skilled at learning the grammar of a new language much longer than expected.
A new study highlights how blockchain technology can be a game-changer in education.
NYU scientists teach an artificial intelligence program to win at “Battleship” by asking questions.
If spacetime is like a fabric, and mass bends it, what flattens it back out again? Matter tells space how to curve, and curved space tells matter how to move. That’s […]
Intelligent aliens, if they exist in the galaxy or the Universe, might be detectable from a variety of signals: electromagnetic, from planet modification, or because they’re spacefaring. But we haven’t […]
Ready Player One’s spectacular VR OASIS experience has us wondering how achievable it really is and when we’ll start seeing immersive VR movies.
Every professional organization of scientists has a code of ethics and/or conduct. Why not apply it to their journals? When it comes to exploring the Universe, many young people get […]
One option was presented as the “future of how we’ll unlock our smartphones.”
Understanding this evaluation process may help us create more sophisticated A.I.
A new study of the stone monuments on Easter Island reveals the mysteries of the ancient people who made them.
The capabilities on this thing are both impressive and worrisome.
A new report finds China is now the leading nation in the publication of science and engineering research.
How much free will do you actually have? This week’s Comment of the Week is fantastic and raises an interesting debate. What do you think?
This remarkable breakthrough is sure to usher in a new generation of robots.
A supervised learning algorithm can predict clinical depression much earlier and more accurately than trained health professionals.
A top-secret government airline that flies to locations like Area 51 is put in a spotlight by a recent ad and an unexpected connection to the Las Vegas shooting.
In 1944, the economist, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann published a book that became a sensation, at least among mathematicians – Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. […]
First, let me tell you how smart I am. So smart. My fifth-grade teacher said I was gifted in mathematics and, looking back, I have to admit that she was […]