Before NASA’s Dawn spacecraft found white weirdness on Ceres, it had a close encounter with the second largest asteroid: Vesta. “I have announced this star as a comet, but since […]
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A big part of our current mess has to do with how little about religion we actually know.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists worries technological advancements are going unchecked. The group asks that regulatory bodies be established to help assess and prevent risks.
The Orion Nebula demonstrates the answer. “So numerous are the objects which meet our view in the heavens, that we cannot imagine a point of space where some light would not […]
Mental illness is not one-size-fits-all. Just look at the state of mental health in the black community, which is replete with unique and systemic issues.
Terrorists exploit the “glamor of action movies, video games, and gangsta rap.” Counterterrorist efforts somehow have to counter that glamorization.
Culturally and economically, modern Turkey is at a dangerous crossroads.
Musk shows no signs of letting his brilliant madness die.
Beauty and duty are increasingly involved in an undeclared conflict. It’s not a fair fight; one side is much stronger (illustrating how art works on our “hidden brain”).
Those white spots are still salt, but there’s so much more there! “Although impact processes dominate the surface geology on Ceres, we have identified specific color variations on the surface […]
Not all organs are from reputable sources. There is a worldwide market, and many are obtained in some pretty shady ways.
Ra Paulette spent 20 years carving caves into soapstone mountains. His passion for the transcendent brings us back to Earth.
The Campbell Soup Company says it will go ahead and label foods that contain GMO ingredients, breaking industry ranks on the issue holding up wider adoption of agricultural biotechnology.
More than a million Americans per year elect to go abroad for expensive medical procedures, building a vacation that, in total, costs less than being treated at home.
A new study says people who worry are better prepared than those who don’t — but that’s not the whole story.
Two Rice University students have created “TrumpScript,” a programming language Donald Trump would approve of.
Scalia was sitting right next to Clarence Thomas, the sole African-American justice, when he made these startling comments.
The U.K. plans to phase out coal power by 2025, but how will renewable energy factor into the equation?
A discovery that never would have happened with robots instead of humans. “It’s like trying to describe what you feel when you’re standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or […]
LIGO was just the beginning of this new field of science, but a different experiment will lead the quantum breakthrough! “If you are not completely confused by quantum mechanics, you […]
Putting a light on security, and turning it into a conversation.
When Francis Bellamy penned our pledge in 1892, his focus was really on the ‘liberty and justice for all’ part.
Should George Clooney’s character have floated away? Or do the laws of physics tell a different story? “You’ve got to learn to let go.” –Matt Kowalski, Gravity The movies play […]
Artist Laura Poitras—the filmmaker who helped Edward Snowden—shows Americans how to survive total surveillance in a new exhibition.
And because of it, we can learn about quantum entanglement across a black hole’s event horizon. This article was contributed to Starts With A Bang by Sabine Hossenfelder, whose blog, Backreaction, […]
Understanding how to become more resilient could rely on a simple linguistic shift.
Star Wars’ Hoth has nothing on the real-life version! “My Lord, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed. Com Scan has detected an energy field protecting an area of the […]
The Surprising Scientific Answer Has A Lot More Than Just Heat Exchange Involved. “I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at […]
A beautiful Scandinavian country might be paying its residents more than $800 a month, with no strings attached.
Sensory Percussions reinvigorates music by giving drummers the ability to control electronic samples, synths, and audio effects with the artistry they have developed by playing their own acoustic drum kits.