This might sound crazy, but hear it out: What if we paid politicians higher salaries with bonus incentives?
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A number of different things have to happen for a child to develop leukemia.
For sufferers of Alzheimer’s, the answer is yes. But replacing movement with a pill is not the best option.
When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake newsposted on the social media site, he wasn’t particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own […]
The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]
No matter what Martin Rees or anyone else says, physics dictates that the world is safe. The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. An aerial view of […]
For 55 hours, not a speck of coal was used to toast crumpets in England. How did the U.K. give up the dirtiest fossil fuel?
An MIT model predicted when and how human civilization would end. Hint: it’s soon.
Renowned scientists and technologists who’ve passed away in 2018.
Blame our ancestors for why it’s easier to be a couch potato.
Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past even the limits of Hubble. One of the most profoundly remarkable properties about our atmosphere is that […]
In a state-of-the-nation speech just weeks before Russia’s presidential election, President Vladimir Putin claimed his country had two new nuclear-powered weapons systems.
About twice the size of Earth, 503b orbits its own star every six days.
To put it mildly, North Korea has had a complicated relationship with the world. In chronological order, here are five of North Korea’s most incredible plots.
These photos of scientific heroes and accomplishments inspire awe and curiosity.
Scientists have identified a new shape called the scutoid, and it helps explain the how cells in the body arrange themselves in tightly packed three-dimensional structures to form tissues.
With the approval of a childhood epilepsy medication the federal government can no longer claim marijuana has no medical benefit.
Most of us will still be alive then. Maybe.
Time crystals have been detected in an unexpected place: monoammonium phosphate, a compound found in fertilizer and ‘grow your own crystal’ kits.
Freedom and democracy are great, but our understanding of what those things are has changed a lot since we came up with them.
The Perseid meteor shower during this weekend’s new moon should be fabulous.
Digging deeper into the mystery of the brain, soul, and consciousness.
Thanks to the beauty (and rigor) of formal mathematics, coders can now create hack-proof technology.
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Both effects could be responsible for a redshift. But only one makes sense for our Universe. In physics, like in life, there are often multiple solutions to a problem that […]
Simple 1:2 breathing is where it’s at, according to a major university study.
There is no universal diet or exercise program.
Every physical theory has constants in it. The gravitational constant is remarkably uncertain. When we first began formulating physical laws, we did so empirically: through experiments. Drop a ball off […]
Air pollution is up to five times over the EU limit in these Central London hotspots.
Ranking the world’s most corrupt nations for 2018.