China’s Chang’e 4 biosphere experiment marks a first for humankind.
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On April 20, Nintendo will release Labo, a new gaming system that tasks kids with creating interactive games with cardboard cutouts and the Nintendo Switch.
From explosions to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics. This Thursday, July 4, 2019, is remarkable for a number of reasons. It happens to […]
An unbelievably clear look at what goes on inside our bodies.
A much-needed “causal revolution” has arrived in Judea Pearl’s ‘The Book of Why’. But despite vast improvements over “trad stats”, there’s cause for concern over logic-losing numbers.
How ‘special’ are we for life to have survived and thrived the way it did? While there are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, many with Earth-sized planets at […]
The natural world evolved many pop culture frights long before storytellers used them to terrify us.
Unwind the mind with these thought-provoking Alan Watts quotes.
Finding the ingredients for life is a very different prospect than finding the products of life. Perhaps the greatest quest in science today is to find life that originated beyond Earth. […]
We need religion not to tell us what to think but to help us feel: it has evolved to manage human emotions.
Pleasure is not just about experiencing an enjoyable moment. It also involves anticipation – a connection between one’s present and future selves.
Find out the multiple ways we classify and ascertain what constitutes intelligence.
Over the past 70 years, the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has been covering up child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests, according to a new report issued by a grand jury on Tuesday.
Research has shown that men today have less testosterone than they used to. What’s happening?
The remote volcano Raikoke just erupted after nearly 100 years of silence. Here’s why it matters. On June 22, 2019, a volcano that had been dormant and inactive for nearly a […]
Childhood trauma can affect a child’s brain in dramatic ways for the rest of their lives.
We speak about it, argue over it, and even fight wars for it. We know it when we see it. But just what is energy, anyway? When it comes to being […]
You can become a tree or even the soil supporting it.
Just because the keto diet is an effective weight-loss tool doesn’t mean everyone should try it.
Bright pink? Lava? Liquid planets that could hold water? Some far-out planets are truly… out of this world.
It’s hard to quantify what it means to be good, but this framework takes a stab at breaking down what makes people behave nicely.
A wealthy team doesn’t automatically make for a successful team.
A measles comeback is not the sort of return our children deserve.
A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.
It would be disappointing and surprising if Earth were the only template for habitability in the Universe.
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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The Polar Vortex was brutal, but not compared to the rest of the Universe.
Why do people buy into stories that are clearly lies? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.