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Even our scientific heroes can’t be right about everything. Let’s learn the lessons that they never did. In the 1960s, a young theoretical physicist named Stephen Hawking rose to prominence as […]
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists’ attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
The red planet is nearby, cool, sunny, and was once potentially habitable. Could it someday be that way again? “It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover […]
Elegance, beauty, and mathematical precision makes for a compelling story and an exquisite model. But it doesn’t make it right. Scientific theories, at their best, are simple, straightforward, full of predictive […]
Homeopathic manufacturers take advantage of sick and vulnerable populations in criminal ways—and the FDA is, after much absence, starting to crack down.
Even if you have a problem with the messenger, you still need to heed the message. “Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left […]
Richard Thaler is trying to simplify economics. So they gave him the Nobel Prize.
Are you more likely to think everything is going well with your finances if the politics of your country’s leaders align with yours? One new study says yes.
American food banks are rejecting junk food for healthier fare, and so food corporations are hedging their bets elsewhere.
In the far future, the last star burns out, stellar corpses get violently ejected, and galaxies accelerate away. And then the fun begins. For centuries, the biggest questions about our Universe […]
Why civilians do not need to own guns like the AR-15.
Why did Shakespeare find fault in ambition?
This has implications for linguistics, biology, musical composition, and even A.I.
This is the oldest fossil ever found belonging to the line that leads to us.
There are many arguments over what makes a theory beautiful, elegant, or compelling. But in the face of data, predictive power is everything. When you look at any phenomenon in […]
The reason why illuminates a certain bias we all seem to have.
Searches for this particular word increased 300% over last year.
In 2015, the United States brokered a revolutionary international deal with Iran about their nuclear programme. Here’s the science behind it. In 2015, a historic agreement was reached between Iran and […]
But could hackers abscond with your genetic information?
Einstein believed in the unseen—like gravitational waves, ripples in space and time. Now, we can see this, as shown by the 2017 Nobel Prize physics winners.
Lord Rees on “speculative physics,” the limits of the observable universe, and more.
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Scotland and Canada also announced they’re getting off of coal completely.
If you can’t explain the astrophysical signal that you see and cry ‘dark matter,’ chances are you’re not thinking hard enough. Despite our knowledge of the laws of physics, and the […]
This discovery may also help us develop novel drugs for Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and ADHD.
It’s not just for the lols. If you’re up for some soul-searching, they need you to contribute to this MIT research survey…
Scientists are planning a Scientists’ March on Washington on April 22 to protest the Trump administration’s anti-science policies.
“Nice and in control: the twin peaks of a good reputation…But since we are riddled with contradiction, this is not a simple story.”
Researchers learn how to selectively erase memories in snails, a first step.
The study may help us develop a new biomarker for obesity and even type 2 diabetes.