Demanding appropriate levels of skepticism and scrutiny isn’t cruelty, but rather demonstrates scientific integrity and intellectual honesty. Every few months, a novel headline will fly across the world, claiming to […]
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New book focuses on some of the world’s most peculiar borderlines.
Since the 1940s, NASA has been testing experimental aircraft (aka X-planes) at California’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In the past two decades, however, the agency […]
It just might be a possibility.
Gig workers suffer from low pay, wage theft, precariousness, dangerous working conditions, and discrimination.
The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.
Despite the claims of one of Earth’s newest Nobel Laureates, the data doesn’t lie. One of the greatest scientific successes of the past century was the theory of the hot Big […]
The more research conducted on psychedelics, the closer we get to new therapeutic models.
And Dr. Jill Tarter never once lost her composure.
It’s telling about attempts to save the industry.
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
India finishes last of 60 countries in environment and sustainability, as ranked by the expats who work there.
Will the small petrol state soon be solar powered?
Light cannot escape from a black hole, no matter what. But when two black holes merge? They just might. On September 14, 2015, history was made as the NSF’s twin LIGO […]
In April, the U.S. generated more electricity from renewables — hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass — than coal.
The age of the Universe is only 13.8 billion years, but we know that protons survive much longer. Here’s how. Since the discovery of radioactivity in the 19th century, humanity has […]
In 2018, The New York Times published a comprehensive expose on the burgeoning crypto movement that detailed the luxurious lives of the newly crypto rich. The article, aptly titled, “Everyone […]
A study of 323 uprisings against repressive regimes yields stunning insights.
Research is for the experts. Listen to them instead. “Research both sides and make up your own mind.” It’s simple, straightforward, common sense advice. And when it comes to issues like […]
It’s not just about SpaceX and Starlink. What we’re deciding today will have a global impact for years and decades to come. For countless millennia, human beings have gazed up into […]
Carbonized papyrus scrolls may again see the light after thousands of years.
Conventional wisdom believes “screen time” disrupts mental development, but research hints at a more complicated relationship between our minds and digital technology.
A review of Matthew Engelke’s How to Think Like an Anthropologist.
The host of Hardcore History has written his first book, The End Is Always Near.
It’s part of the nation’s massive reforestation campaign that aims to plant 4 billion trees in 2019.
It makes no “makes no economic or energy sense.”
Discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory, it’s powered by a supermassive black hole. 2019 marks 20 years of NASA’s Chandra, humanity’s most powerful X-ray observatory. Artist illustration of the Chandra X-ray […]
Surprising studies revealed why mothers affected the genetic pool more than fathers.
Archetypes of creation and the origin of all things.