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Like a culinary canary in the coal mine, coleslaw can tell you everything you need to know about a restaurant.  

Perhaps the limits of what we can observe aren’t just artificial; perhaps there are no limits to what’s out there at all. “Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, […]

You are already a cyborg! Here’s 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.

Dreams might be a whole lot sexier than we thought – but not because of their narrative content. Neurologist Patrick McNamara’s theory links the biological changes in our brains during sleep to human’s inherent desire to procreate.

Positive thinking all by itself is more destructive than helpful, but when combined with realism and strategy and planning, can be turned to good use.

Around the world, people are embracing minimalism as a lifestyle, focusing less on owning things.

The placebo effect is real. Why don’t many people agree?

If you were betting on LIGO, you bet wrong. Just like everybody else. “‘Topology is destiny,’ he said, and put the drawers on. One leg at a time.” –Neal Stephenson One […]

Astrophysicists have been looking for worlds like Proxima b since the 19th century. At last, they’re found! This article is contributed by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]

In Queer Virtue, gay Episcopal priest Elizabeth M. Edman argues for a new take on this old religion.

Five of the Solomon Islands have vanished due to rising sea levels. The effects of climate change will be keeping cartographers busy as our borders continue to shift.

Google’s DeepMind and the Future of Humanity Institute are trying to find a way for human operators to stay in control if artificial intelligence starts acting out. 

Galaxy-sized? Human-sized? Atom-sized? Even smaller? How tiny can a bit of space be and still expand? “We now have the best picture of how galaxies like our own formed their stars.” […]

When you get enough mass together, Einstein’s theory of gravity causes space to act like a lens. Here are the results. “The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio […]

46 billion light years in all directions in just 13.8 billion years? Here’s how it’s done! “They say the universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic.” –Steven Wright There are […]

Sebastian Junger takes a big-picture look at depression, PTSD, and the importance of the tribe in his new book.

Astronaut Scott Kelly channeled his inner Mark Watney.

430,000 people are injured every year due to distracted driving. Will this new invention help combat this trend? 

The sender didn’t have a name nor an address for his letter. So he drew a map instead.

It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.

After 4th of July this past Monday, here’s the science behind how they work! “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it.” -The Simpsons This […]

Dietary fats were demonized in the fifties due to shoddy evidence. After decades of a diet heavy in carbs and sugars, we’re finally learning the truth.

If you’re looking for a point in space, the answer is going to shock you. “The world you see, nature’s greatest and most glorious creation, and the human mind which gazes […]

Meteor showers are something that everybody ought to see at least once in their lifetime. 

And if it is, what does that mean for dark energy, and our Universe’s fate? “Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the […]

And the story of how the greatest act of WWII sabotage stopped it. “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer In the 1930s, as Europe stood on […]

In a row over how to bring Internet access to India’s poorest, Facebook almost sounds colonial.

What’s going on in your gut is affecting your emotions and mental outlook. 

Most teaching textbooks aren’t evidence-based according to a new report, so where should teachers go to keep their skills up to date?

If tattoos had always been as popular as they are today, here is what Charles Darwin, Henry V, Lord Nelson, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama might have inked.