If you can’t explain the astrophysical signal that you see and cry ‘dark matter,’ chances are you’re not thinking hard enough. Despite our knowledge of the laws of physics, and the […]
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Ice finally met fire on last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, and their first conversation proved a perfect case study in the distance between power and reality.
Even if you have a problem with the messenger, you still need to heed the message. “Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left […]
NASA scientists discover what two places in the solar system might have favorable conditions for alien life.
When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would […]
Achieving liquid light at room temperature will boost research into quantum hydrodynamics.
1.5 million children die each year from preventable diseases arising from poor sanitation systems. That’s why some of the world’s top scientists are working to make a 21st-century toilet without links to water, energy, or sewer lines, and which costs users under $0.05 a day.
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The Three-Body Problem series lays out a powerful case for why we should stop looking for aliens, and solves the Fermi paradox.
With the launch of JPSS-1 coming up this year, everything that NASA Earth science stands for hinges on its success. “There is, then, no water that is wholly of the Pacific, […]
“The most important, obvious realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see.”
A new C is coming to the C-suite: The Chief Robotics Officer, or CRO. Do I hear laughter or detect an eye roll? Think again. The bots are coming. Business […]
From a “watery past” to water today! “If you look at the field of robotics today, you can say robots have been in the deepest oceans, they’ve been to Mars, you […]
First step: recognizing it’s a continual process, says Robert Wright in his new book, Why Buddhism is True.
A pioneering study provides a detailed look at how the U.S. economy will suffer from climate change.
The four fundamental forces might have been just a single, unified one in the very early Universe. Could that be true? “Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves […]
A study of the zinc left behind at a plutonium blast site shows that it’s identical to what’s in moon rocks, supporting the idea of an explosive lunar origin.
Plus, how the mycelium network’s destruction could, physically, actually end life in the Universe. Imagine taking a seemingly impossible journey: traveling to another Universe on a network of biological spores […]
Poaching is acting as unnatural selection in favoring tuskless African elephants.
For those who still don’t believe in global warming, the science has had it right for half a century now. “Greenhouse gases are the second most important factor for climate, after […]
Given the FDA’s lack of oversight, the FTC is stepping in to regulate homeopathic products.
A huge body of water beneath a Bolivian volcano has scientists excited.
A yeast found in the gut micro biome of infants is implicated in the development of asthma.
Personifying certain drugs as evil while calling opioid users “victims” points a glaring spotlight on drug policies that aren’t really about public health.
A new report shows a marked uptick in individualism worldwide. The collective voice of societies will be the loser.
The NASA probe to Saturn went out in a blaze of glory last week.
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New research shows an abundance of testosterone leads to poor decision making.
A new study discovers why whales grew to be the largest animals on our planet.
What if we build from the sky down? NYC architects release designs for a skyscraper that would hang from an asteroid and travel between hemispheres.
A huge landslide and tsunami no one witnessed may foreshadow many more to come in the aftermath of climate change.
Orcas are trailing Alaskan fishermen and taking their halibut and black-cod catches.