Key logic in America’s founding documents is now too often neglected. Do you know what “the Declaration” lists as the first justification for America’s Independence?
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These scientists scooped up the Nobel by detecting a ripple in space-time.
A string of terror attacks across the globe have shaken the world’s most powerful nations to their core. As a result of these tragic events, and the fear-mongering from politicians […]
Hyperloop One completes a first-ever full-track test of hyperloop transportation.
In the US Army, taking a knee has a special connotation.
“Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy both hold out hope for a more flexible ego, one that does not pit the individual against everyone else in a futile attempt to gain total surety.”
If you think we know it all, you’ll never be ready for the next big breakthrough. When you’re taught the scientific method, you think of a neat procedure you can […]
The scientific quest for immortality is predicated on the belief that evidence may already exist in the form of Near-Death Experiences and reincarnation.
Lab-grown, cultured meats, dairy, and leather will be hitting shelves soon. Paul Shapiro reports on the coming trend in his new book, Clean Meat.
Lazy but want to stay in shape? You may soon be able to have it both ways, thanks to a new pill in testing from GlaxoSmithKline.
The research isn’t all negative.
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A cosmic controversy is back, and at least one camp — perhaps both — is making an unidentified error. Ever since Hubble first discovered the relationship between a galaxy’s distance and its motion away […]
A recent study shows that NBA players performed worse in games where they had spent the previous night staying up late and Tweeting.
Right and wrong has never been so gray in the Star Trek Universe. Imagine you’re in a fight with an enemy, and the fight itself isn’t fair. You might have […]
The clash of tectonic plates beneath us is just part of life on Earth—unless, of course, there is human interference like in the American Midwest.
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“Currently, inflammation is considered a major factor in the development of depression, dementia, and other brain disorders,” says Dr Drew Ramsey.
A new study suggests that more anorexia and bulimia victims recover than was previously thought.
Before this, little was known about the genetic basis for the variety in human skin tone.
There’s a good chance that as you’re reading this you’re somewhat unconscious. Just how much is your brain not telling you? Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano peeks behind the curtain of your own brain.
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In most places, water meets legal guidelines. But is it safe? One EWG spokesperson says no.
What was going on in the world of health and strange bodily functions?
We used to think of genes themselves as set in stone. But the story is far more complex.
Student loan debt doesn’t make you undateable. How you handle it might.
It isn’t just for merging neutron stars, anymore. Over the past three years, there’s arguably been no greater scientific discovery than the direct detection of gravitational waves. The two LIGO […]
Is creativity a wild and free state of mind, or is it actually a pattern that others just can’t recognize?
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It’s a lot more than just being unable to measure two things simultaneously. “In the future, maybe quantum mechanics will teach us something equally chilling about exactly how we exist […]
North Korea has a long history of making bellicose threats that defy global norms. So does that mean the country’s leaders are irrational, and will act irrationally?
Even things like appetite and tiredness move through social networks, researchers found.
Another week, another selection of the wittiest and most chin-strokingly interesting comments from our Facebook audience.