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The ingredients for life are everywhere, but so far the only life we know of comes from Earth. Here’s how that might change. Ever since human beings first turned our eyes […]
Gravity and time are so different from what you’d expect. Here’s how it all would end. If you could only know the answer to one question about the Universe, what would […]
With a 5-10 year warning, we could develop a plan to change an asteroid’s trajectory.
A machine learning algorithm has shown it can discover planets from weak signals overlooked in the Kepler spacecraft’s database.
The human brain is an incredible marvel of evolution. But what’s even more incredible is how this supercomputer in your head is able to occasionally make such dumb mistakes.
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A new study says climate change could cause an additional 40,000 suicides in America and Canada by 2050.
Only a radically new tax system, one that affects everyone’s bottom line, can compel the environmental transition in consciousness that we so clearly need.
An eye-catching ‘scaly-dragon’ map of Berlin’s public transport system in 1927
The new approach to opiate addiction and overdose has been in development for 25 years.
Millions of people will watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup this week on TVs and computers. But new technology suggests the next World Cup might be watched through 3D holograms.
Our Universe is full of surprises. This latest one, AT2018cow, has ignited a controversy between astronomers. The Universe is an ever-changing place, particularly if you look at it on long-enough […]
For billions of years, dark energy couldn’t have been detected. Now, it’s everywhere we look. When we look out at the ultra-distant Universe, billion of light-years away, we’re seeing it as […]
New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming.
This September, Apple revealed its newest iPhone lineup. The largest option of the iPhone XS Max tops out at $1,499 — nearly two and a half times the price of […]
How do great people get so much done? If you’re Ben Franklin, you lay out a detailed schedule.
Free market ideology uses democratic vocabulary as propaganda, obscuring a non-democratic reality.
MIT is working on something that will change how we use energy in dramatic ways.
Going back to the basics is often the best path forward.
After widespread criticism of Facebook’s handling of election meddling, fake news and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, investors are growing increasingly frustrated at the company’s leadership.
Starbucks isn’t accepting bitcoin—yet.
NASA’s Twins Study is critical to understanding what happens to the human body after a prolonged period in space.
We need a break, but the possibility of getting one seems unlikely.
The accelerated expansion of the Universe is one of the greatest puzzles today. Could this out-of-the-box idea explain it without dark energy? When it comes to our quest to understand the […]
Consciousness is body-dependent. VR enthusiasts are betting otherwise.
In her new memoir, Duke Divinity School professor Kate Bowler opens up about battling Stage IV cancer.
Optimal efficiency is a goal that every organization or business strives for. However, achieving that task is easier said than done. Helping employees find ways to increase their efficiency while […]
Although we’ve had compelling evidence of this for decades, the pathogen hypothesis is finally being taken seriously.
Just because humans wouldn’t do well over there doesn’t mean there aren’t incredible chances for life. For nearly 30 years, scientists have been discovering planets beyond our Solar System: the exoplanets […]
In Australia, the idea of a universal basic income has floated in and out of our political arena for years, but remains only that, an idea.