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As it turns out, hacking an election isn’t as hard as you’d think.
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 […]
The design ethicist did not hold back his concerns when talking to political leaders.
No matter how long you wait, the matter that makes you probably won’t end up inside a black hole. It’s one of the most pervasive ideas out there: if you wait […]
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 […]
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Stronger than the LHC and faster than anything except light, the world’s cleverest particle detector sees the particles we could never create on Earth. It might be true that there’s an […]
Until the use of prison labor is banned, many stakeholders will be incentivized to prevent felons from being rehabilitated.
Artist, “bird noticer”, and concerned citizen of the digital state of the world Jenny Odell looks at many different ways of resisting the attention economy, sinking into the reality of our lives, and finding solidarity and agency with others.
According to the Standard Model, the leptons and antileptons should all be separate, independent particles from one another. But the three types of neutrino all mix together, indicating they must […]
The pandemic is exposing long-fractured aspects of our society.
A new study analyzed more than 1.5 billion opioid prescriptions over eight years.
How does the largest welfare program imaginable have libertarian supporters?
The laws of physics are not time-reversal invariant. Here’s how we know. No matter when, where, or what you are in the Universe, you experience time in only one direction: forwards. […]
Your next payday could be all digital.
The line-in-the-sand was drawn in sharpie, and the time to declare ‘no more’ is now. When you have a question about the physical world, there are a lot of different approaches […]
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill some antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Codetermination is one of the most interesting ideas you’ve never heard of.
Barbara Tversky takes an outdated idea to task in Mind in Motion.
The Russian-built FEDOR was launched on a mission to help ISS astronauts.
The Response Act calls on schools to increase monitoring of students’ online activity.
Activist and Big Think reader Roy M. Arce explains his idea for a new community policing team and how it can halt vicious cycles of PTSD and homelessness.
By the time John Paul DeJoria founded John Paul Mitchell Systems, he’d already sold encyclopedias on commission door-to-door, and he understood the importance of persistence in the face of rejection. […]
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you’re mingy with the laser pointer.
The Doomsday clock has never been closer to midnight.
The recent debate between Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson lived up to the hype.
How disrupted supply chains and angry sellers could hurt the e-commerce giant.
When thinking about your shortcomings, it pays to be kind.
Fast fashion has a devastating impact on the environment. Here’s what you need to know before heading to Zara this holiday season.