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The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
An annular eclipse is coming to Earth on October 14, 2023. Six months later, a total solar eclipse is headed our way. Here’s the reason why.
The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don’t physically exist. Is he right?
Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.
Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
All marbled crayfish descended from a single clone discovered in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995.
Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn’t make you a nihilist.
There are dozens of instructional design models, but most learning designers rely on a select few. Here are four of the most common.
Could Russia’s plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
More than half of Americans feel anxious over their financial situation.
Researchers develop a fungus that kills mites that contribute to honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder.
It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.
Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.
American universities used to be small centers of rote learning, but three big ideas turned them into intellectual powerhouses.
As the American population grows, fewer people will die of cancer.
From a desert oasis to the Rocky Mountains, being filled with awe makes me a better scientist.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
Jains believe that karma weighs the soul down. This can be overcome through extreme asceticism, in which one slowly withdraws from life.
The uptick in Arctic lightning could cause more wildfires, potentially triggering a feedback loop that releases massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
Without a solid understanding of the factors that affect the transfer of learning, the gulf between training and job performance is difficult to bridge.
Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.
Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Avi Loeb says it’s aliens. Every other astronomer disagrees. Here’s why. In 2017, an astronomical event occurred that was unlike any other: for the first time, we observed an object that […]