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Sometimes the best way to make changes is when you’re in the middle of a challenging time.

Eric Weinstein explains why choosing a nemesis is both energizing and necessary for success.

Increasing numbers of seniors need help with basic tasks. It doesn’t have to be that way.

It likely isn’t the rare occurrence we once thought it was. In our Solar System, there’s one overwhelming source of mass that all the planets orbit around: our Sun. Each planet […]

A therapist explains acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

A black hole punched a hole 15 Milky Ways across in a galaxy cluster’s gas, by far the largest ‘kaboom’ ever seen. The Universe, everywhere we look, is full of cataclysmic […]

Two of our biggest science-fiction dreams might not remain fiction for much longer. Here’s how 21st-century science could make it real. For as long as human beings have looked up at […]

America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?

Researchers say further research is needed, though.

These films offer viewers a glimpse into the world as it is could be.

“We can’t allow people to get sick,” President Donald Trump said from the Oval Office.

Research is for the experts. Listen to them instead. “Research both sides and make up your own mind.” It’s simple, straightforward, common sense advice. And when it comes to issues like […]

Humpbacks swap songs at remote group of islands in the South Pacific.

Think they all burn through their fuel, die, and leave white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes behind? Think again. The day will come when our Sun, like most stars, can […]

Three academic papers from Australia shows sizable bone spurs growing at the base of our skulls.

Over the past 30 years, we’ve revolutionized what we know about the Universe. But we couldn’t have done it without these lessons. On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed […]

Particle physics is everywhere, even in the palm of your hand. When you hold out your palm and point it towards the sky, what is it that’s interacting with your hand? […]

There are three factors all competing to determine the fate of the Earth, and the one that’s winning now won’t win in the end. If you could measure the average distance […]

How does one supernova get so bright, so energetic, and so massive? It’s a spectacular mystery to solve. On February 22, 2016, one of humanity’s automated sky-scanning telescopes — the Pan-STARRS Survey for […]

Many renowned writers have revelled in the gifts of their non-native tongues.

This is the first study to explore not only what percentage of people in the general population choose to watch videos of graphic real-life violence, but also why.

These seven subjects don’t teach toward the test, but they will help students lead happier, healthier, and smarter lives.

He lost his passion for poetry and other aesthetic, spiritual interests.

No one has seen an equinox this early since the 19th century. And you’d better get used to it. This year, on March 19, 2020, the equinox will occur. For a […]

Few scientific ideas have been as polarizing as string theory. There are good reasons to both love it and hate it. String theory is perhaps the most controversial big idea in […]

There are three possible ways we’ll find alien life. With all of these chances, the only question is which will come first. Given everything humanity has learned about the Universe, it […]

Our Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and our Sun formed about 2/3rds of the way through. Here’s what came before it. When it comes to the great cosmic question of […]

Why the effects of aging are detrimental to being the U.S. president.

What gets a wolf or a pigeon up in the morning? No offense to wolves or to pigeons, but it’s probably not the desire to make the world a better […]

They’re hiding in your house, carrying germs, and now there’s virtually no way to kill them.