Search Results
You searched for: Structure
How fast is the Universe expanding? The results might be pointing to something incredible. If you want to know how something in the Universe works, all you need to do […]
A tiny grain found within a meteorite in Antarctica sheds light on how the solar system itself came to be.
Could the Universe loop around on itself? And, if so, might an intergalactic journey bring you back to your home planet? Back when people thought the Earth was flat, it was […]
Even before MMA was a combat sport, it was a unique type of astronomy. Today, it’s opening up the Universe as never before. On February 24, 1987, a spectacular signal was […]
For decades, one of the Big Bang’s greatest predictions was shrouded in doubt. The answer was always there on Channel 3. When it comes to the question of how our Universe […]
A new study flies in the face of anecdotal evidence and raises questions about how we read data.
New research compares the roles and political clout of royal women in eight societies spanning five continents and more than 4,000 years.
Eric Weinstein suggests institutions need individuals who can pass two famous psychological tests.
If we ruin the night sky too severely, ground-based astronomy could suffer tremendously. Here’s why space is no replacement. There is an existential threat to astronomy as we know it, […]
The new fossil offers insight into when whales returned to the oceans millions of years ago.
NASA announced the five winners of the latest phase of its 3D-Printing Habitat Competition for designing the structures to be used by humans on Mars.
The first in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.
Cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand says that our attitudes toward rules have a lot to do with who we are and with the type of environment we find most comfortable. She’s […]
The famed science fiction author coined the term “cyberspace” before it existed.
▸
with
We can all learn from these tips from Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway, and more.
If everything in nature is made of quantum fields at its core, how do we wind up with particles at all? What is our Universe made out of? At a fundamental […]
If this discovery came in a pre-LIGO era, maybe it would have been a surprise. But in 2019, there’s no mystery at all. Did you hear that astronomers had recently […]
A primer on the infinite of knowledge waiting to be learned.
Codetermination is one of the most interesting ideas you’ve never heard of.
A 1060-hour amateur exposure of a nearby galaxy does what even Hubble couldn’t do. The Universe is full of astronomical wonders, but it’s up to humanity to observe and analyze them. […]
Research finds that only 10% of cities worldwide are affordable.
Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky admits that when you’re on the bottom of a hierarchy, “it sucks whether you are a baboon or a human.” Sapolsky suggests that as a business leader, […]
If you accept cosmic inflation and quantum physics, there’s no way out. The Multiverse is real. Look out at the Universe all you want, with arbitrarily powerful technology, and you’ll never […]
Chinese scientists find a 600-million-year-old creature.
How do you know you are real? A classic paper by philosopher Nick Bostrom argues you are likely a simulation.
Some of the world’s most prestigious universities aren’t in America.
Landlords aren’t the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.
It increases their brains’ gray matter volume.