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Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?

Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?

Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.

You could send your potential paramour a perfume bottle, a cigar cutter, travel plans — or maybe some cocaine.

In popular culture, the eruption is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event.

Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.

There could be variables beyond the ones we’ve identified and know how to measure. But they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness.

Despite the Sun’s high core temperatures, atomic nuclei repel each other too strongly to fuse together. Good thing for quantum physics!

All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?

Nothing can escape from a black hole. So where do Hawking radiation, relativistic jets, and X-ray emissions around black holes come from?

The topical gene therapy could one day help millions regain their vision.

If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?

Particles behave differently when freed from the force of gravity. A new space factory aims to use this to synthesize pharmaceuticals.

“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.” 

Due to export controls from China, the Europeans had to invent their own forms of porcelain. One type involves dead cows.

“In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy.”

“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.

When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.

“Business Adventures” by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.

There are several different types of learner engagement, from emotional to cognitive. Here’s how to improve each.

Plenty of parents feel guilty about wanting to skip playtime, but there’s no need.

Quarterback Tom Brady was initially overlooked by NFL scouts, but he had vast hidden reserves of character.

Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.

The true story of the shot that “reverberated through England” when science collided head-on with religion.

Music and sounds only seem to reduce pain in mice when played at a specific volume.

Still, the author’s main argument wasn’t totally discredited.

Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.

So far, two papers have been retracted, and a third is under investigation. Accusations of plagiarism appear convincing.

Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.

It’s the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.