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Humanity has mapped the Milky Way better than ever with ESA’s Gaia. But 1.7 billion stars later, there are still no Dyson spheres. Perhaps the greatest ‘holy grail’ in all of […]
Mars will never look as big as the full Moon. But it isn’t even the biggest planet. From humanity’s perspective, the Sun and Moon always dominate Earth’s skies. The Moon and […]
On April 20, Nintendo will release Labo, a new gaming system that tasks kids with creating interactive games with cardboard cutouts and the Nintendo Switch.
With hundreds of billions of stars burning bright, ‘dead’ seems like a bit of an exaggeration. But every galaxy is headed for this fate, including ours. As long as a […]
The solar neighborhood is so different than people imagine. But for the first time, we know what it’s like. When you look up at the stars in the night sky, they […]
Being an American president is a powerful but dangerous job, a fact shown by many assassination attempts.
The survey asked respondents to rate their anxiety levels in five areas: safety, health, finances, relationships and politics.
‘Enter the room’ is a rare case of an augmented reality app that could genuinely make the world a better place. Read our review here.
The greatest danger to our planet is not pollution or climate change, but our own despair.
A new set of images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory shows us what we’ve never seen before. The Pillars of Creation, 7,000 light years away in the Eagle Nebula, represents one […]
In 2016, Facebook employees were just 33% female and 2% black; YouTube employees were 30% women and 2% black; Apple employees were 32% women and 9% black; Google employees were 31% women and 2% black.
Ever think you’d see a single atom without staring down the barrel of a powerful microscope?
1,007 people were surveyed about their political affiliations and opinions, and their music tastes to learn to what extent they correspond to each other. Survey results are shown as infographics.
We tend to treat death and dying as a somber and serious event, but what if it doesn’t have to be that way?
Artificial intelligence continues to tackle jobs traditionally performed by humans. However, our cognitive biases will challenge our ability to effectively integrate AI into human teams.
The answer is not only telling of our biology but that of other organisms as well.
Late night texts provide insights on America’s recreational drug use, documenting good and bad times with meth, cocaine, heroin, pills, marijuana, LSD, and ecstasy.
The legacy of what humanity’s greatest telescope has to teach us about the Universe continues to grow. Here in the Universe, in the Milky Way and beyond, new stars are birthed […]
New infographics present the latest data on ecstasy impurity in the United States.
July 16, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the mission that first landed a man on the Moon.
Major advancements in the field of transient electronics have paved the way for gadgets that evaporate. That’s important for consumers, and the planet.
Multi-messenger astronomy further widens our window to the universe.
“Blue Moon, I saw you standing alone, without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own. ” — Rogers and Hart
This polymath’s papers—full of personal and scientific revelations—have joined the World Register.
It’s called change blindness, and you probably have it.
Have you ever eaten a chocolate bar that was worth its weight in gold? If you lived in ancient Mesoamerica, you might have done it every day.
Your brain is playing tricks on you. And most of the time you have no idea what is really going on.
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