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Forget Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, Pilot Waves and all the others. What you’re left with is reality. When it comes to understanding the Universe, scientists have traditionally taken two approaches in tandem with […]
Some of them were surprisingly astute.
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
Few could match the famous physicist in his ability to communicate difficult-to-understand concepts in a simple and warm fashion.
The Israeli historian has plenty to say.
Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.
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The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.
NASA research finds a new direction in searching for signs of life in the Universe.
Climate change poses a threat to our mental health. Building connected communities is one way to combat a rise in suicide rates as global temperatures increase.
A groundbreaking new study shows that octopuses seemed to exhibit uncharacteristically social behavior when given MDMA, the psychedelic drug commonly known as ecstasy.
Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.
A special isotope of plutonium is necessary for missions to Mars and beyond. But we don’t have enough, and aren’t making more fast enough. As 2018 comes to a close, NASA […]
A new study shows that photographing something doesn’t help you remember it. Looks like the ol’ “Take a picture, it’ll last longer” insult doesn’t actually hold any water.
Why one Italian bank is counting on wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano as collateral.
On hallucinating a teensy Virgin Mary in a water fountain, our weird relationship to fame, her stint as an elf-hunting camp counselor, and more in what feels like a 4 am college conversation with the inimitable Parker Posey.
In Well Grounded, behavioral neuroscience professor Kelly Lambert says it’s all about contingency planning.
A new study discovers that engaging in back-and-forth conversations with a child builds stronger connections between two of their brains’ vital critical speech areas, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Take one long stroll, four times a week.
Researchers discover extraterrestrial origins of a chemical essential for human DNA and other cell processes.
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provides even more reason to think Ross 128 b, the second closest exoplanet to Earth, could harbor life.
What would you do if money was no object?
It may have been captured by Neptune since it formed, but Triton remains king of the Kuiper belt. Our Solar System is arguably the most well-studied corner of the Universe, with […]
The same technology that Norway uses to keep its fjords ice-free could literally take the power out of hurricanes as they form. Among all the natural disasters that occur on planet […]
Christmas has many pagan and secular traditions that early Christians incorporated into this new holiday.
Polls show that more Americans today define socialism as an ideology of “equality” than one espousing government control of the economy.
The era of cheap energy is coming to an end and societies will need to reshape energy consumption and infrastructure or face consequences, warns a new scientific background paper issued to the United Nations.
Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union created secret cities to house the scientists working in their nuclear weapons programs. Both nations went about this in very different ways and with very different, sometimes disastrous, results.
The barrier to solar energy has always been storage. Now, bottled sunshine has a shelf-life of 18 years.
Scientists at Stanford Medicine recently observed that some mice recovered from strokes better than others, leading them to wonder whether or not they could find evidence that specific genes played […]