Silicon Valley engineers and financiers make up the lion’s share of the movement.
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While cult leaders are alive and well, nowhere is this trend more apparent than in the vegan food industry.
Now that we know the closest star has a potentially habitable planet, it’s time to ask if it’s really like ours. “To consider the Earth as the only populated world in […]
Floating solar panels may look strange, but there’s a lot of reasons for why Japan is about to build a huge set of them.
Elon Musk wants to put 1 million people on Mars in 40 years. The internet had questions. Here are his answers.
A second major California fault line has been found near the San Andreas Fault.
Bees help pollenate much of our crops. Without them, the food supply is doomed.
Nikola Tesla predicted drones, but also predicted their awesome power would unite us all. So far, the only weapon to do that was the Atomic Bomb.
Colonizing Mars is a romantic notion but if it was possible, how would our bodies hold up and how would future generations evolve on a lower-gravity planet?
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When meteors like these crash into a planet, there’s not a lot that can be done except watch the fireworks.
Our Moon might even be a rarer occurrence for a Solar System than an ‘Earth’ is. “The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a […]
This is a cyborg stingray. It’s as big as a penny, guided by a laser, and moves on its own when exposed to blue light. And it’s the brainchild of Kevin Kit Parker.
Researchers possibly identify LUCA, the common ancestor to all life on Earth, and figure out where it lived.
Rather than life arising on Earth, did it already exist in space prior to our planet’s formation? “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it […]
Five of the Solomon Islands have vanished due to rising sea levels. The effects of climate change will be keeping cartographers busy as our borders continue to shift.
A new study examines the behavior of seven species of marine animals around the dead.
Professor Patrick McGovern, a world authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, describes how alcohol had a profound effect on early societies.
Turns out narcissistic personality disorders might be hiding a confrontation with fears of inadequacy.
Those white spots are still salt, but there’s so much more there! “Although impact processes dominate the surface geology on Ceres, we have identified specific color variations on the surface […]
The National Academy of Sciences ruled GMOs safe to eat, but with a lot of caveats about their social and economic impact. Plus, how do we define a GMO anyway?
Whether you’re on stage or just meeting new people, comedian Jim Gaffigan believes that self-awareness is the key to winning over your audience.
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Comedian Chris Gethard explores the place of PC culture on stage, particularly during the creative (and tricky) process of testing new jokes.
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Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events.
If we started all over again, could our Solar System’s second planet have been the inhabited one? “It was the Venus I had prayed to, it was my prayer, though […]
Years of war in the Middle East have erased old borders. Here is what the map currently looks like.
If you’ve ever wondered just why it has piqued the interest of so many, have a look inside. “I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for […]
If life is indeed a virus, then tardigrades are very likely the vector.
Of all the fictional ways humanity might possibly kill itself, zombies are the most likely. Here’s the data to prove it.