Social media wunderkind Baratunde Thurston says we’re living in an age of information overabundance, but that this needn’t be a problem. Just as supermarkets offer us many more choices of […]
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A growing body of research suggests that the “clinical pessimism” over treating psychopathy is unwarranted.
New research suggests the ocean current that delivers warm water to Europe has a one-in-six chance of halting temporarily over the next hundred years, potentially resulting in freezing temperatures.
Start building momentum by breaking your new side business idea down into manageable baby steps.
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 […]
Monuments are under attack in America. How far should we go in re-examining our history?
As little as an extra dollar could mean a significant decrease in suicide rates.
A black hole’s event horizon is thought of as the point of no return. But perhaps there are ways back out, after all. Black holes just might be the most extreme […]
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang’s ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
Black holes are the darkest objects of all. But are they made of dark matter? When it comes to the Universe, few objects are more compelling, fascinating, or extreme than black […]
Only one dark matter detection experiment ever gave a positive result, in conflict with all the others. This could be why. For multiple generations now, it’s been apparent to astronomers that […]
NASA JPL takes a first step toward a GPS for space.
The Jerezo crater — where Mars 2020 is set to land — could be a good place to find signs of past life on Mars.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s “singleton hypothesis” predicts the future of human societies.
From the mid-19th century, fossils were used as evidence for continental drift – but mainstream scientists didn’t buy it until the 1950s.
Atheism doesn’t offer much beyond non-belief, can secular humanism fill the gaps?
It’s perhaps the most famous equation of all, with lessons about reality for every one of us. If you’ve ever heard of Albert Einstein, chances are you know at least one […]
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
Scientists discover the inner workings of an effect that will lead to a new generation of devices.
The term socialism makes political discourse difficult. Should we do away with it altogether?
From galaxies with no dark matter to ones with hundreds of times more dark matter than normal, our Universe needs it more than ever. One of the most mysterious substances in […]
Scientists find common chemicals can negatively impact pregnant women.
The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.
A biologist-reporter investigates his fungal namesake.
These products are sure to inspire anyone who loves the work of engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla.
Can treating addiction as a disease work better than treating it as a vice?
Scientists may have seen a way to cure a maddening symptom of hearing loss.
A new hypothesis suggests that you can “catch” noncommunicable diseases from other people via the microbiome.
Helium and carbon are made copiously in the interiors of stars. But the in-between elements? They’re rarities everywhere. If you were to take every element in the periodic table and […]
It’s economists vs. climate scientists in this facet of the climate change debate.