If we ruin the night sky too severely, ground-based astronomy could suffer tremendously. Here’s why space is no replacement. There is an existential threat to astronomy as we know it, […]
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Quarantines are worth the trouble to keep the next pandemic at bay but they need to be applied intelligently.
It isn’t mind over matter as much as mind properly working with matter.
Despite the negative rhetoric, Europeans are getting more liberal about immigration.
The expanding Universe really is accelerating, and no dusty scenario can explain it. 20 years ago, our understanding of the Universe underwent a revolution. For generations, we had known the Universe […]
A new study claims that dark energy is changing with time. Here’s what it would mean, if true. For the past generation, we’ve recognized that our Universe is a particularly dark […]
Don’t wait for happiness — start there instead.
It increases their brains’ gray matter volume.
A new study of thousands links right-wing authoritarian attitudes and feeling one’s life is more meaningful.
Mindy Kaling, Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, and more have learned a lot along the way.
If confirmed by future observations, this would be the most significant discovery of liquid water on Mars yet.
Research finds that only 10% of cities worldwide are affordable.
Codetermination is one of the most interesting ideas you’ve never heard of.
How did psychedelics and computers converge?
Experts argue the jaws of an ancient European ape reveal a key human ancestor.
Evolution doesn’t clean up after itself very well.
Forget about alien nonsense. The Universe as it actually is doesn’t need any embellishments to be interesting. In our Solar System, the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and other masses are […]
A parlor-trick mystery explained at last.
Millions of people will watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup this week on TVs and computers. But new technology suggests the next World Cup might be watched through 3D holograms.
Omigod, they’re cute, but there’s peril in smooches and snuggles.
Can learning about the great white shark help protect us from cancer?
Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, one day before the Senate is set to vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
How do you know you are real? A classic paper by philosopher Nick Bostrom argues you are likely a simulation.
If you don’t want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.
If you think you have problems today, be glad you’re not moving at the speed of light. Special relativity, even though it’s over 100 years old, is still one of the […]
Having a dog may be one way to curb lonelieness.
A new study finds why shame is important for human societies.
Glenn Albrecht has ideas about how to cope with the effects of a changing world: Invent a new language.