How do you know you are real? A classic paper by philosopher Nick Bostrom argues you are likely a simulation.
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Kepler showed us that the Universe is full of planets around other stars. TESS is giving us our next great leap. It’s been nearly a decade since NASA’s Kepler mission first […]
One of NASA’s original great observatories, Spitzer showed us the infrared Universe as never before. On January 30, 2020, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was retired after a 17 year mission. Prior […]
The origin story for our Universe got a major revision nearly 40 years ago. Time to catch up. 13.8 billion years ago, all the matter and energy contained within our Universe […]
“History is always written by the winners,” goes the saying. It’s also true that history is continually being made, and the identity of the “winner” continually shifts. In his Big […]
Without a country to belong to, many of these people lack some of the most fundamental rights.
From Newton to today’s scientists, we’re only seeing part of the story unfold.
America’s #1 problem? It’s gone from “We the people” to “We the shareholders”. Can capitalism be better than this?
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It’s one of cosmology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The strongest argument against it may have just evaporated. The ultimate goal of cosmology contains the greatest ambition of any scientific field: to […]
A study on the effects of LSD microdosing shows some fittingly strange results.
It’s very different from the colloquial meanings of “true-and-false” or “right-and-wrong.” In many ways, the human endeavor of science is the ultimate pursuit of truth. By asking the natural world […]
Could ketosis be the answer to preventing deadly seizures during deep-diving missions?
We can explore the farthest reaches of the Universe, but can’t even complete our own cosmic backyard. The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention […]
Critics complain that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs focuses too much on the West. Yet other cultures often have similar ideas about personal development.
50 years ago, Apollo 9 launched. Without it, we never would’ve landed on the Moon. The Apollo program is most famous for its greatest achievement: taking humanity to the Moon. It […]
The first human-monkey hybrid has allegedly been created in a Chinese lab.
What can America learn from this?
Archetypes of creation and the origin of all things.
Chemo is our best response to cancer so far. A novel new therapy could render it obsolete.
A new study estimated the untapped potential of wind energy across Europe.
Everything on Earth is made of atoms and their building blocks. Without this one rule, they’d never make anything interesting. Take a look around you at everything on Earth. If […]
Hubble captures the afterglow of an epochal blast.
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
The world promised by the internet and social media is one where physical barriers are a thing of the past and communication is instantaneous. The current reality has some of […]
The I Ching serves as a foundation for many Eastern philosophies and Western mathematics.
What is socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is it just capitalism?
Existential dread, meet astronomical wonder.
A new book from the former editor of El Mundo describes a culture of corruption in Spain’s press. In exchange for favorable coverage of politicians and corporations, bribes.
Future-minded companies are investing in soft skills and digital learning to empower their talent.