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According to relativity, there’s no universal frame of reference. But the Big Bang gave us one anyway. “The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It’s less […]

Personality is a partial indicator of health and more extroverted people tend to have stronger immune systems, perhaps because they interact with a wider range of people—and those people’s germs.

Is it possible, how would it affect us, and would we be destroyed as a result? “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is […]

A key thought experiment, the “tragedy of the commons,” is widely misunderstood, especially among certain kinds of economists. Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize for showing how irrational they can be. 

If there is a quantum theory of gravity, is String Theory the only game in town? “I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to […]

Brainwaves may be the future of account security, according to researchers. But it will be a while before it comes to the consumer market.

When we think about ISIS it’s important to try to understand what they are and why they’re as effective as they are.

How tides, gravity and lava give Io the youngest surface in the Solar System. “The crust, being so thin, must bend, if, over wide areas, it becomes loaded with glacial […]

Urbanization is increasing rapidly, worldwide. It’s good for innovation, but is it good for people? 

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success. … Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”

It’s not the fault of the journalists, entirely. Researchers call for better tools to help keep sources safe and secure.

“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe, so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature.” — Nikola Tesla, 1893

And is blue even a rare color for planets? “Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I’m on a time machine. I am back to that precious […]

Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization’s future? 

Eliminating the estate tax makes no sense in a meritocratic system, yet most Americans are against the so-called “death tax.” The reasons why range from the hypocritical to the woefully ignorant.

Researchers report recent outbreaks of preventable diseases have helped prove the benefits of vaccines and sway skeptical parents.

Study underlines the importance of relying on the right foods to get our sustenance — not pills.

With self-driving cars as well as other new tech, Apple and Google maintain starkly different corporate values with regard to transparency.

The high-paid consultants who change companies over to “Holacracy” explain from the outset that it takes an average of five years to make the transition.

There’s a reason Tesla is so in vogue right now. The dude was basically science’s Nostradamus, predicting globalized wireless communication nearly eight decades before it came to fruition.

History is littered with prejudiced ideas that use Darwin to claim legitimacy.

We’ve lived for so long having to live with and accept our email blunders. Who of us will choose to take back control, and enable the undo button? Not me.

President John F. Kennedy famously implored Americans to ask “what you can do for your country” rather than “what your country can do for you.” That’s nice rhetoric, but the […]

The origin of life is one of the biggest open questions. Could it all have started before our planet was even born? “When you arise in the morning, think of […]

Something like social contracts likely run deep in our nature. As does the “economic justice” they need. The largest database we have on hunter-gatherer cultures suggests our ancestors had rigidly egalitarian tendencies 10,000 generations ago. 

Bruce Pon, the CEO and co-founder of ascribe, believes that creators should be at the center of the digital economy and that consumers, if provided with an easy and convenient way, will choose the option to reward the creators rather than pirate their work.

Researchers suggest marketers should avoid asking consumers to “think of their ‘various experiences’ with a product.” It may lead to negative reviews.

Does the claim made by the leader of the €1 Billion Human Brain Project stand a chance of coming to fruition?

The children of overbearing parents are less likely to develop essential life skills and are more likely to be medicated for depression or anxiety in college.

Lately, we’ve become so infatuated with creating the next big thing, rushing headlong into crafting new technologies that we’ve neglected to think through the ethics of it. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.