Given the FDA’s lack of oversight, the FTC is stepping in to regulate homeopathic products.
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Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
Science, pictures, and a revolution in what we know is out there. “The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.” –Edwin Hubble The Hubble Space Telescope took its first […]
The US Air Force’s Space Horizons Team wants to juice America’s space program. Here’s how.
Henry Rollins talks about how fear of winding up starting in The America drove his to his remarkable career.
What’s the most important ingredient in cooking? If you think it’s love, give yourself zero pats on the back. According to Alton Brown, it’s scientific enquiry.
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This particular type of gene therapy gave mice younger bodies and 30% longer lifespans.
This AI hates racism, retorts wittily when sexually harassed, dreams of being superintelligent, and finds Siri’s conversational skills to be decidedly below her own.
Cognitive scientist Donald H. Hoffman asserts that not only do we invent our own personal views of reality, it’s an evolutionary necessity.
Gravity is the oldest fundamental force ever discovered. Might it not be fundamental after all? “The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic […]
We might have been spared the worst of Hurricane Matthew, but the underlying science is informative at any time! “She didn’t even know what she’d do when she got back to […]
We haven’t found the truly “first” ones yet, but we’re not just on our way; we’re almost there. “For the first time we can learn about individual stars from near the […]
If you think federal funding for science is expensive, wait until you see the cost of not funding it. “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as […]
Scientists are finding that loneliness has real medical consequences, and the brain sees it as pain.
From “billions and billions” to more than two trillion, we still need dark matter as much as ever! “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be […]
Looking for new ways to teach the intellectual capital of humanity to its students, Glasgow University is offering a philosophy course based on the character of Homer Simpson.
One controversial aspect, O’Neill says the FDA should only regulate drugs for safety, not efficacy.
A Japanese study found that they could even tell what subjects were dreaming about.
The director of the National Museum of Natural History offers an under-three-minute joyride through the history of life on earth.
Ex-POWs told researchers about some amazing new mental skills they’d acquired in solitary.
The DOOR CLOSE button on your elevator is there only to make you feel better since it doesn’t actually work.
Has the oldest problem in the book become taboo again? C. Nicole Mason expresses concern over a nation-wide moral failure that is leaving the U.S.’s most vulnerable to struggle in silence.
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Democracy needs a new PR team. Polls about the way US millennials view democracy seem shocking, but analyzing their reasoning brings about an unsettling truth.
When the news media don’t do their job, comedians step in to ask the tough questions.
Now that we know the closest star has a potentially habitable planet, it’s time to ask if it’s really like ours. “To consider the Earth as the only populated world in […]
If only men would vote, Trump would be the next president. If only women voted, Clinton would win by an even bigger landslide.
1 in 3 people over the age of 65 live alone in the United States, and by age 85 it’s 1 in 2. Loneliness is an epidemic. Here’s how to fight it.
Is stellar ejection a real thing, and if so, can planets come along for the ride? “Mapping out the elements in a star is like reading its DNA. We’re using those […]
Stanford scientists create technology that could help severely paralyzed people communicate.