One of cosmic inflation’s cofounders came out against it, calling it not even science. But it is… and so much more. “There’s no obvious reason to assume that the very same […]
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More massive is bigger, less massive is smaller, right? That’s not even half the story. “Billions of years from now our sun, then a distended red giant star, will have reduced […]
A patient’s brain showed activity for nearly 10 minutes after death, baffling doctors and prompting the need for further research.
There’s a point beyond which we cannot go, there are things beyond that we cannot know. But here’s what we expect. “The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it […]
Francis Collins of the NIH suggests there’s no conflict between science and religion because they ask different questions.
Bill Nye casts his mind to the future to give us a picture of how the descendants of our current 3D printing technology will change our ways and our world.
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Evolutionary biologists generally agree that humans evolved from a bacteria-like ancestor, rather than a viral one. But what if we’re chemically connected?
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“We’re coming to understand the basic building blocks of personality,” Dr. Fisher said.
How Vera Rubin changed the Universe. “Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.” –Vera Rubin Look out at the night sky, and what do you see? […]
Dyslexia makes letters float, rotate, and flip on a page. It turns M’s into W’s, q’s into p’s, and so on. Changing the font-face might be able to help keep the letters in place on the page.
Handle, the latest robot from Google-backed Boston Dynamics, elicits both excitement and anxiety. The company’s founder has described it as “nightmare-inducing.”
Think the periodic table is complicated? Now learn how each element in it was created. “It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order […]
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If the Big Bang happened and everything is moving away from us, where’s the center? “I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out […]
Studying philosophy has had a major impact on the power players of Silicon Valley.
Researchers find more evidence of the link between social media use by young adults and depression.
A new study suggests you should show “sportsmanship” instead of complaining about problems at work.
Bill Gates proposes an ingenious solution to the job losses from the coming automation.
Are Macron and Le Pen re-enacting a centuries-old conflict?
The theory could solve certain stubborn physics questions such as, where’s all the antimatter.
Unpredictable winters? Seasons that don’t line up? It’s possible with the right configuration, says physics. “Lord of Light! Come to us in our darkness. We offer you these false gods. Take […]
‘Deep learning’ AI should be able to explain its automated decision-making—but it can’t. And even its creators are lost on where to begin.
Stanford University is offering medical trainees a real-time virtual tour through heart defects.
The feud between some of the Rockefellers and ExxonMobil has intensified.
The secret lies in neuroplasticity.
A new study suggests that sensitivity to the emotion of disgust affects one’s attitudes on immigration.
Smoking reflects a deep divide in American society.
Sure, the old Greek guys from 2,400 years ago get all the glory. But these living philosophers have a ton to say about life, the universe, and everything as it relates to right now.
Was it really a low-entropy state? And what does that mean for the second law of thermodynamics? “Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize […]
In severe cases, a dog can develop pneumonia and even die.