It’s said to be the majority of matter in the Universe, but how sure are we of that? “For the moment we might very well call them DUNNOS (for Dark Unknown […]
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Hint: it doesn’t have anything to do with our blue skies. “Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I’m on a time machine. I am back to that […]
Your future medication may be grown inside a goat.
The decision to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 brought up an opportunity to feature historical Native American leaders on U.S. currency.
Religious talk has been eerily quiet in the GOP race. But that doesn’t mean it’s absent.
Baba Ramdev has built a $670 million company on the back of yoga’s soaring popularity. Is his ethics in alignment with yoga’s teachings?
Scientists are becoming increasingly certain that all the stuff we put through our digestive system is making a major impact on our state of mind.
The good news: New York State just set up a site where residents can directly vote on whether or not they support the bill.
Psychedelics came en vogue in the 1960s and since then have been maligned as inducing psychosis. Today, some evidence suggests that tiny doses of these drugs may be useful for curing psychological disorders such as depression, PTSD, and social anxiety, among others. But more research is needed and there are hurdles to overcome.
The self-driving car is the future of personal transportation. Wireless charging is the future of battery-powered devices. Marrying the two technologies makes sense.
Which makes you wonder what other “candidate worlds” aren’t worlds after all. “These types of systems could be ubiquitous in the universe. This is a really exciting time for planet hunters.” […]
See it over the coming six weeks, before it disappears and heads out of the Solar System forever. “I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and […]
How did human blood types evolve to what they are today? Some scientists believe it was our first defense against disease.
And what, exactly, is the significance of a tetraquark? “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words […]
Elon Musk wants to shoot us back and forth from work at 750 miles per hour.
Coming to grips with the real changes.
Want to Help Defuse ISIS’ Propaganda? See How It Works from the Inside. The recent attacks in Paris shine a light on the world’s current biggest boogeyman: ISIS. “Boogeyman” is […]
Saw “Solar System Questions” by xkcd? Here’s what science thinks it knows. “Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. […]
Why are some areas redder than others? It’s what happens to methane ice in the Sun. “This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the […]
The mental mechanics of how emotions and logic relate aren’t widely understood. Our minds are built to mostly be “indirectly rational.”
An incredible live-blog of an incredible event. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new […]
New research shows the benefits of sixty seconds of high-intensity exercise. While the study is valid, the mentality that a minute is enough is misguided.
Could we redesign shopping as a system of “catch-and-release,” so that, like sport fishing, it’s the adventure and not the prize that becomes central?
Respectability politics makes us comfortable. It hoists us up on our high horses, and takes away our responsibility for the way we treat other people. It puts the burden on the marginalized person to adjust their appearance or behavior to earn respect from the majority.
Climate scientists warn the effects of global warming will cause storms to become more violent and sea levels to rise, and researchers predicts this will happen in the next 50 years.
What’s going on in your gut is affecting your emotions and mental outlook.
Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.
And if relativity tells us there’s no such thing as “absolute motion,” how do we measure it? “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less about […]
With current technology, things might take generations. But that could be greatly reduced with a little help. “Oh, yes — I know you. There was a time you looked at the stars and […]
Democracy is happening like never before, and it’s exploiting our deepest fears and failures.