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There’s a lot to learn about other worlds, but you can’t learn it all without looking up. “One should not need a teleportation device to decide whether a newly discovered object […]
Hidden genes are at play in many species of birds and one desert-bound gerbil.
Alpha Centauri A and B are just 4.37 light years away. Do they have planets around them? And possibly life? We just might find out! “Resources exist to be consumed. And […]
Pay your bills, slip through security, and take a train, all without fumbling through your wallet.
The benefits of living in urban centers, where populations are more dense, include more accessibility to leisure, health, and safety services, according to a new study out of the UK.
Two addiction specialists believe we need to reframe the conversation around psychedelics.
A case in which a judge used an undisclosed software algorithm to determine a defendant’s sentence has caught the interest of the U.S. Supreme Court.
This could open allow for the exploration of nearby exoplanets, solar systems, and other parts of the galaxy.
Machine learning and predictive AI are changing the way we operate our devices and machines.
The Cassini-Huygens telescope has spent the better part of the last two decades finding out more about our galaxy than we could possibly dream of. Here’s 14 of the coolest things it has found out.
But that’s okay; the most likely world for life may not be like Earth, after all. “You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.” […]
What do you make of the image above? Day Glow slippers under a black light? Colorful sleeping bags for a trio of Minions? March of the Radioactive Penguins? Of course, it’s none of the above.
We like to think of compassion as purely altruistic. Yet, it may have selfish underpinnings.
AI is capable of self-reproduction—should humans be worried?
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The political and economic ideas of socialism are coming back into fashion.
Hitler appeared to have been highly sensitive to disgust, and research shows this trait is linked to numerous dimensions of ideology.
Our consciousness distinguishes us from other animals. From an evolutionary perspective, consciousness gives humans a powerful advantage by allowing us to plan far into the future.
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The REV can collect and melt 5 tons of plastic a day.
But are any of these potentially Earth-like worlds actually inhabited? Here are the prospects. “It isn’t only the beauty of the night sky that thrills me. It’s the sense I […]
CDP releases its 2017 A-List, that reveals more companies making serious efforts to combat climate change.
There’s more to powering the world than releasing energy. When it comes to the ultimate dream of clean, efficient, and prolific energy sources, it’s hard to do better than the […]
No one yet knows what challenges will confront humans living in deep space.
Researchers are looking for, and finding, effective methods for dealing with pain that don’t require drugs.
It’s a fascinating idea, but how does it fare as a scientific theory? “Something is happening here and this is going to have an impact.” –Robert Dijkgraaf, on Verlinde’s work The […]
As wonderful as the evidence that supports or invalidates a theory is, it can never truly kill the ones that don’t work out. When it comes to science, we like to […]
How our brains can be both asleep and up and about at the same time.
The US Air Force and DARPA are even working on laser shielding. That’s right. Force fields.
Research on varied forms of intermittent fasting is proving to be of value.
Will Smith defends entry of non-theatrical Netflix movies at Cannes.