In 1972, eight mice were placed in a utopia. Full of food, water, bedding, and space for 3000 mice. Within three years there were no survivors.
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If gay people could unite America enough to win the right to marry, surely an entire society can borrow from that playbook to get the US back on track.
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Jonathon Keats proposes a “Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative” to help return the favor after taking so many great ideas from them.
Extreme “river in the sky” climate events nearly wiped out the local population of a keystone species, the Olympia oyster.
Scott Aukerman, the co-founder of ‘Between Two Ferns’, developed humor early on as a way disarm bullies. He knows from experience that, in comedy, your intentions really matter.
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Scientists successfully test an ingenious system for growing premature fetuses.
Human minds are all powered by the same organ, so why do we have such strong preferences and diverse favorite things? Bill Nye lets us in on an example from his life.
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The KIND foundation discovers seven people doing inspiring things for others.
And when you demand ‘perfectly identical,’ just how high of a bar are you setting? “Lives are snowflakes — unique in detail, forming patterns we have seen before, but as like one another […]
US scientists fearing for Earth’s climate future begin testing solar geoengineering. The consequences may be terrifying — which is exactly why we need these small-scale experiments.
Unwittingly, thousands of Londoners cross zones of reduced civil liberties on a daily basis
And how if you try this with someone shorter than you are, you’ll find it extra convincing! “I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it’s flat to […]
A new study from the Netherlands shows a direct link between exercise and anxiety disorder and depression.
If you’ve ever wondered where it gets its blue color from, physics has you covered. “That’s a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.” –Jandy Nelson One […]
From the most beautiful to the most impactful, some of these are so powerful it’s breathtaking. “Truth in science, however, is never final, and what is accepted as a fact […]
Breakfast is often cupcakes and cake with different names, like muffins and yogurt. That does not bode well for our waistlines.
Just a few simple, common conditions can create the perfect storm. 80% of the time, humans are the trigger. “I’d rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure […]
Want humans to go to the Moon or Mars? Then let’s stop wasting time and resources and go do it! “We had this whole big beautiful place for discovery, and all […]
New research explains how to build different types of outposts in space.
If a prism can do it, why not the air? “It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more […]
The “Red Queen Hypothesis” has been strengthened considerably by this study.
You know how bright the full Moon is. Well, from the Moon, how would the ‘full Earth’ compare? “I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted […]
Experts assess what would happen if the U.S. and North Korea go to war.
Churchill displays a surprising amount of knowledge on a question that we are still wrestling with.
“Space-time is not as static as it appears, it’s constantly moving,” one researcher said.
TRAPPIST-1 is 40 light years from Earth. It would take us millions of years to get there.
One day this century, a robot of super-human intelligence will offer you the chance to upgrade your mind, says AGI expert Ben Goertzel. Will you take it?
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With off-the-shelf materials and a little dry ice, you can discover particles that wouldn’t exist unless relativity were real. “The experiments that we will do with the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] […]
At long last, we’re getting a confrontation with ethics, with science, and with human frailty, not just the Federation at war. “You are… six years old. You are weak and helpless! […]
Life may not be a rarity after all, but the result of a certain set of conditions.