An Israeli study found that the smell of women’s tears sunk men’s testosterone levels and sex drive.
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The winning side in the U.S. presidential election rules a vast, contiguous land mass, the losers are cooped up on a far-flung archipelago
In a recent CBS News interview, Jon Stewart lays out some fascinating thinking about Trump, how we got here, and what we all need to do to keep the country working as best it can.
Last week, an asteroid fell from the sky and struck the Lake Michigan area. What if it had been a city-killer instead? “By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save […]
Programmers at MIT publish A.I.-generated scary images scary for Halloween.
Visionaries know why they get out of bed each day. Do you? Ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek explains how to find direction and fulfillment in your personal and professional life.
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A Cornell University professor believes he has our food, climate, and fuel revolution answered all with one organism: microalgae.
Could the Universe have been born completely uniform and still given rise to us? “First, you should check out my house. It’s, like, kinda lame, but way less lame than, like, […]
New report has some surprising findings when it comes to the gender pay gap.
They’re the darkest, most massive things in the Universe. How come they have nothing to do with each other? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued […]
Could the Nobel Prize of 2011 have been awarded without cause? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my […]
This was a large-scale study, including 55,000 students from eight different countries.
Psychologist Bruce Hood argues that superstitious thinking is a natural part of human cognition and should not be so quickly dismissed.
According to Tali Sharot, our innate optimism bias is necessary, but needs to be taken in doses.
Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss sheds light on communication and indirect messages, the value of empathy in business and in life, and when and how to walk away from a deal.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson compares our actual progress in space to what was predicted in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
If black holes lose information in an event horizon, then do we have a paradox with our cosmic horizon? “The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.” –Edwin Hubble […]
In a time when many agencies and researchers are threatened, let’s remember how the scientific method originated.
Or can moving at relativistic speeds through a general relativistic Universe change everything? “Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can […]
The troubling ReAnima clinical trials in India have just been blocked.
New techniques in cryogenics may fundamentally affect the identity of the revived.
Before you even look through your telescope, you need to know where to begin. “If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control […]
There is so much we’ve discovered and so far that we’ve come. But there’s a limit to knowledge we’ll never be able to overcome. “To know that we know what […]
The science of “human vulnerabilities” is being used to “engineer compulsion.” In addition to A.D.D., “attention captivation disorders” are going viral.
It takes a magician —or two — to know when someone’s performing clever sleight-of-hand.
A minister misspeaks – and accidentally creates an entire Latin American country
The Middle Ages see a resurgence of interest among the alt-right and some conservative thinkers.
Rutin can increase the number of calories burned in a workout.
You may have heard of Laniakea, but don’t count on it being real. “It’s the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest […]
Paul Davies suggests we open our minds to where alien messages might be hiding, including in our own DNA.