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Diversity without inclusion is largely pointless. Beyond superficially satisfying some hiring metric, bringing on an employee who has little chance of thriving deprives the company of diversity’s benefit and puts […]
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Defense Distributed in a landmark decision that will enable the controversial organization to publish CAD files of firearms on its DEFCAD website.
Galaxies are found uniformly everywhere in the Universe, except in the Milky Way’s plane. Here’s why. From the time of their very first discovery, the Universe’s grand spirals have puzzled astronomers. […]
1,500 study participants play Spot the Cheater
Legislators push to keep cursive in their schools’ curricula, but experts seem split as to whether it’s necessary.
Archeologists had been doubtful since no such ship had ever been found.
General Relativity had to be right. Here’s how we knew. What happens to light when it passes near a large mass? Does it simply continue in a straight line, undeflected from […]
We can all learn from these tips from Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway, and more.
In Natural Causes, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich questions our obsession with wellness.
The quest for a quantum theory of gravity is the holy grail of physics. Here’s why it’s murkier than anyone expected. If you want to fully describe how the Universe […]
If you photograph the Sun at the same time every day, you get a bizarre figure-8 shape: an analemma. Here’s why. At any time of day, you could theoretically set up […]
In 2008, Elon Musk explained which of history’s tech geniuses was his role model.
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LIGO and Virgo have now detected a total of 11 binary merger events. But exactly 0 were in the Milky Way. Here’s why. One of the most spectacular recent advances in […]
Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.
When people mention the Golden Rule, they’re usually referring to its broad meaning: “I’m going to be as good to you as I want you to be to me.” However, […]
Our future fate is likely already determined. If we end in a Big Crunch, what does that mean? The ultimate fate of the Universe is one of the biggest existential questions […]
A longstanding astronomical gap between neutron stars and black holes is finally coming to a close. Astronomy has taken us so far into the Universe, from beyond Earth to the planets, […]
FieldTrip is advancing the realm of clinical psychedelic testing.
It’s a “surprising trend,” said Google’s lead analyst for pay equity.
We’d never flown past or imaged a small, isolated Kuiper belt object before. Here’s what we know so far. As 2018 ended and 2019 began, NASA’s New Horizons flew past its […]
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, […]
It’s hard to get off of the couch after a few eggnogs, let alone destroy public property.
Studying ‘episodic memory’ in animals may hold the key to understanding memory loss in humans.
A robotic teddy bear could improve physical and emotional outcomes in pediatric patients.
The small step that one man took would never have happened without this narrow escape. On July 20, 1969, history was made as humanity set foot on the Moon for the […]
Nasal inhalation may help us retain olfactory memories longer.
It’s safe to say not everyone was immediately impressed.
Despite the negative rhetoric, Europeans are getting more liberal about immigration.