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A new extension suggests that you follow people you don’t agree with. Will this help pop your bubble? 

It’s time we talked about working less. While some argue that we shorten the working week, others favor cutting out pointless, time-filler jobs altogether.     

Unlike social media, email is especially seductive as its content is specific to you. Author Cal Newport offers tips for breaking free from this constant distraction. 

For autonomous self-driving cars to truly take over, every road needs to be digitally mapped.

A brain-computer music interface system allows four patients to compose their own string quartet.

A study reveals the surprising pattern of pattern-completing connections in the hippocampus.

Inhaling through the nose activates the regions of the brain associated with memory and emotion.   

Will actors have to compete against dead celebrities for roles? Given the advance in CGI (Computer Generated Images) and VFX (Special Effects), Hollywood’s desire for bankable stars, and estates looking for additional revenue, it is all possible.      

Gravitational waves and electromagnetic ones don’t need to go together. But physics says it’s possible; what do the observations say? “The black holes collide in complete darkness. None of the […]

Hilarious examples that prove how correlation does not equal causality.

A growing body of scientific investigation now supports the conclusion that being hopeful has a distinctly positive effect on academic performance.

The Antipode may one day revolutionize your commute. It would be 10 times faster than the Concorde and take you across the ocean before you could finish an episode of The Simpsons. 

They may look odd, but it’s all part of Google’s plan to solve a huge issue in machine learning: recognizing objects in images.

Loop quantum gravity gets the ancient atomist back into the loop, showing how black holes might explode, and that the Big Bang might be a Big Bounce.   

You wouldn’t know it, but plants are constantly taking in information.  

The strange origin of autocorrect during the development of an American secret Chinese computer.

Universal Basic Income (UBI) and the movement towards a shorter work week is not just a solution to inequality, but one also aimed at stabilizing the environment.

The study of science, without planned application, can lead to fascinating things in its own right. 

Amoebas one-tenth the width of a human hair may someday help diffuse a bioterror attack.   

Compelling evidence makes the case for both the Steppe and Anatolian Hypotheses.   

What if we told you that, right now, your phone was making a map of your interior surroundings — whether you’re at work or at home — and sending that data to places unknown?

Did they perform their analysis sub-optimally? Maybe. But gravitational waves were seen no matter what. “We hope that interested people will repeat our calculations and will make up their own minds […]

Are virtual assistants teaching children to be nasty?

The popular concept of introversion often differs from how psychologists define the term, but a new model seeks to clarify exactly what being an introvert means.

Last week, Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere. Here are the top 6 things we learned from it while it was alive. “Being a scientist and staring immensity and eternity in the […]

Meet the Cornell scientist who figured out the link between fracking disposal wells and Oklahoma’s earthquakes.

Pay your bills, slip through security, and take a train, all without fumbling through your wallet.   

The human mind is like a Turing machine, says Daniel Dennett. It’s made up of unthinking cogs – but when combined in the right order, their motion gives rise to consciousness.

The average amount of eye contact adults make is 30-60% per conversation, 60-70% if they feel invested.   

The most impactful technology inventions in history are ranked.