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Who is to blame for the U.S.’s dismal college graduation rate? “Radical” educator Dennis Littky has a hunch.
Without quantum physics, the Sun wouldn’t shine at all. Earth, as we know it, is only teeming with life because of the influence of our Sun. Its light and heat provides […]
Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.
Since 1957, the world’s space agencies have been polluting the space above us with countless pieces of junk, threatening our technological infrastructure and ability to venture deeper into space.
The double-slit experiment, all these years later, still holds the key mystery at the heart of quantum physics. When we divide up matter into the smallest possible chunks that it’s made […]
Contrary to popular belief, the Amazon rainforest does not produce 20% of our planet’s oxygen.
Those silky tea bags might be releasing plastics into your digestive system.
The Himalayan Kingdom best known for its concept of “Gross National Happiness.”
And could Earth-based life provide the seeds for biology elsewhere? Today, on Earth, there’s an enormous variety and diversity of life on our planet. Every single surviving lifeform appears, in […]
The theoretical reasons to expect it are compelling, but the technology required to detect it is unfathomable. All throughout our galaxy, millions of black holes of a variety of masses […]
Most homes are using insufficient methods to determine when chicken is done cooking and safe to eat.
Hurricane Dorian has devastated the islands.
And which ones are probably examples where we’ve fooled ourselves? Every once in a while — multiple times per year — a new research finding fails to line up with our theoretical expectations. In […]
We still don’t know what dark matter is, but at least we now know what it’s not. When it comes to science, we often say that it only takes a single […]
The Red Planet, the God of War, and important life lessons for us all.
Pandemic rumors and information overload make separating fact from fancy difficult, putting people’s health and lives at risk.
Researchers evaluated the best and worst ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere in a recent report.
Turkish government is trying to silence its own.
We know a lot about what else is out there, but we still don’t know everything. In the quest for life in the Universe, it makes sense to look at […]
The English Department is instituting a series of reforms that cuts across the entire university.
The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.
Dark matter must gravitate, so why couldn’t the graviton solve it? One of the most puzzling observations about the Universe is that there isn’t enough matter — at least, matter that we know […]
American homes are big and polluting. Here’s how to fix that.
In her book The Art of Rest, one researcher conducted a thorough analysis of the top 10 activities we find most restful.
After China stopped accepting recylables, California was put in a tough place.
The Tesla Motors CEO has plans for a James Bond-like car that drives on and under water.
Parenting could be a distraction from what mattered most to him: his writing.
Not nearly well enough. And we should all be concerned. In 1859, the science of solar physics truly began with the largest eruption in recorded history: the Carrington event. Prior […]
The space agency is ready to establish a base camp by 2024.