How we went from our Milky Way, alone, to the entire Universe. “Gamow was fantastic in his ideas. He was right, he was wrong. More often wrong than right. Always […]
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Dark matter may be cold and collisionless, but the strange behavior of planets just might lead to its detection. “Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if […]
For Women’s History Month 2016, take the #5WomenArtists challenge and test your (sexist?) art history knowledge.
We have every reason to believe gravity is an inherently quantum theory. Here’s how we’ll prove it once and for all! The following article was written by Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine […]
Without a boost, they’ll all come crashing down. “I’m here for several reason, Mr. Pepin, first of all for aid. When something tragic happens in our skies, we do our utmost […]
Structural damage could have started as early as 10 or 12 years old if they were enrolled in tackle football that young.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will give away billions through their new LLC.
And here’s the reason why, despite all you may have heard. “Thou shalt not embarrass thyself and thy colleagues by claiming false planets.” –Bill Cochran Late last year, one of the […]
And what would that mean if it were one? “It is in the theory of perception that we have established our bond, or the lie I should say, for which we […]
Throwback Thursday: How Dark Matter’s #1 Competitor Died The only way out is to modify the laws of gravity, and our best observations rule those modifications out. “The discrepancy between […]
How did immigration policy and a lack of integration help cause the Brussels attack?
And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as “absolute motion,” how do we measure it? “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about […]
Our ape ancestors might give us insight into the GOP frontrunner’s sustained dominance.
There’s a big, big difference between a “scientific” theory and all other types. It should make you more confident, not less. One of the most important things any expert hoping to […]
The Shipping Forecast is quite possibly the most British thing ever.
Earth day may have been last week, but the lessons we learned about Earth from space are with us always. “We are not learning to view ourselves as an advanced, evolving […]
Researchers assessed what makes someone likely to believe collections of randomly mixed buzzwords were “profound.”
The brain behind these shelters is Industrial Designer Johan Karlsson, designing what he described as an “incremental modification to existing refugee shelters.”
Nature versus nurture is back, and this time it’s about happiness. Do our behaviors make us happy, or does our brain?
Don’t know Ellsworth Kelly or his art? Now’s your chance — he’s dead.
Just two days before its data was released, I wrote this story on what it all means. Come get the scoop! “Einstein’s gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest […]
Even when everything sucks, you can still feel thankful.
The best-selling Christmas toy embodies and encourages acceptance of surveillance as a necessary aspect of modern life.
When two of the largest cosmic structures crash together, the effects show up everywhere. Everywhere, that is, but the dark matter. “It may be that ultimately the search for dark matter […]
Is everything astonishingly simple, though? Or is this a grandiose claim that falls flat when confronted with the evidence? “My main interest is the problem of the singularity. If we […]
It’s said to be the majority of matter in the Universe, but how sure are we of that? “For the moment we might very well call them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown […]
If dark matter is the most abundant form of mass, and has gravity, where are all the dark matter structures? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may […]
In principle, they could, of course. But around bizarre star KIC 8462852? Probably not. “The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is […]
A concern with quiet students’ well-being should not push us back to outdated educational models.