By 2003, General Electric, now better known as GE, had a reputation problem. Its long-time image as a company at the forefront of a sparkling future had been shaken. After […]
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Everything we know can be traced back to the Big Bang, and before that, cosmic inflation. But what if we look to the future? Looking out at the Universe today, it’s […]
The cosmic story of us, from before the Big Bang until today, is a story that all of us share. Enjoy it, in just 200 words. In the beginning, there was […]
If you’re lacking confidence and feel like you could benefit from an ego boost, try writing your life story.
Food deserts are a problem. One solution might already exist.
NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory has shown us the Universe like nothing else ever before. When it comes to the Universe, it mainly generates X-rays through high-temperature heating. X-rays from Chandra reveal […]
Traveling interstellar distances in human lifetimes is an amazing dream, but it won’t ever be achieved like this. For centuries, ever since we realized that every star we can see in […]
As we urbanize, a new study flags the need for lots of green spaces.
In the mid-20th century, ‘physical cosmology’ was considered an oxymoronic joke. Today, it’s Nobel-winning science. Imagine you wanted to know everything you could about the Universe. You’d want to find […]
Is Tesla a car manufacturer or an energy company?
Our Sun will someday run out of fuel. Here’s what it will look like when that happens. The fate of our Sun is unambiguous, determined solely by its mass. If all […]
Millions of Americans didn’t vote during the midterms — excuses there are many. Some are valid.
Having these financial life skills can help you navigate challenging economic environments.
Want to change your diet? The easiest method might be to start exercising.
We know the dangers of too little sleep. Now for the other side of the story.
You’d be surprised how many bad things happened on the exact same day.
Our egotism and self-confidence can sometimes spill-over to our loved ones.
Explore McLuhan’s theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.
Behavioral ecology is a real science. But applying it to humans, with our social structures, is highly suspect. Imagine a scientist. Try closing your eyes and really picturing this person: envision […]
The past 300,000 years occurs in the blink of a cosmic eye, but it’s meant everything to humanity. The history of humanity was anything but inevitable. Although the Universe created […]
A new study shows how interbreeding of modern humans and Neanderthals boosted our genomes.
Dark matter is our leading theory for a reason. New, detailed studies of the smallest galaxies could kill off the most studied alternative. When you look out at the Universe, […]
The first list of antidepressant food scores restructures the “standard” American diet.
Nurturing several relationships at once can empower us to build a life so rich that when we lose one love among many, we don’t feel as if we’ve lost ‘everything.’
Almost 200 cognitive biases rule our everyday thinking. A new codex boils them down to 4.
Scientists are developing liquid metal or “electric blood” that can move and form 2D shapes. This may revolutionize the field of soft robotics.
Across the world, companies are experimenting with shorter workweeks — is it working?
50 years ago, Apollo 9 launched. Without it, we never would’ve landed on the Moon. The Apollo program is most famous for its greatest achievement: taking humanity to the Moon. It […]
Here are four separate ways you can prove it, even 50 years after-the-fact. 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, humanity took our first footsteps on the surface of another […]
It’s been there the whole time, but researchers couldn’t see it because they’d always cut through it.