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Certain colors are globally linked to certain feelings, the study reveals.

Research shows how “aha moments” affect the brain and cause the evolution of creativity.

Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.

Predicting how emerging technologies will impact industry is more difficult than it seems—and it seems plenty difficult.  The reason is that we envision the future based on the present. We […]

The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.

The English Department is instituting a series of reforms that cuts across the entire university.

Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.

Billions of dollars have been lost on custom government IT projects that were eventually canceled.

With launch costs dropping and enormous numbers of new satellites filling the sky, can’t we just do it all from space?

Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.

From before the Big Bang to the present day, the Universe goes through many eras. Dark energy heralds the final one.

We’re still not sure what the ultimate question is. Here are 5 excellent candidates. One of the most amusing stories in all of science fiction is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]

Affluence could be our real downfall.

The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.

A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.

A binary white dwarf in a tight, super-fast rotation looks to be pumping out gravitational waves.

So much has changed since 1893. Why not the education system?

Living simply now strikes many people as simply boring.

Are atoms, humans, planets, and galaxies destined to expand, too? One of the most revolutionary discoveries of the past century was the fact that the Universe is not eternally static and […]

When it comes to foreign intervention, we often overlook the practices that creep into life back home.

Carbon locked in soils can be emitted by bacteria. Turning up the heat on them releases more carbon.

Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon’s tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.

The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s why terraforming our lunar neighbor is so appealing.

American homes are big and polluting. Here’s how to fix that.

At its biggest for the next 15 years, it’s still much smaller than the Moon. On October 6, 2020, Mars makes its closest approach to Earth until 2035. Earth orbits in […]

How should we think about the tension between opening the economy back up and preserving public health?

Does the President get to decide when to ignore the law?

The first COVID-19 vaccines are here. So are the anti-vaxxers. Over the past year, most of us have learned more about coronaviruses than we ever thought we’d need to know. […]

Adam Frank, a card-carrying atheist and physics professor, wonders if there might be more to life than pure science.

A mile-high tower would not just be a new structure, but a new technology.