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The public sphere should be open to conflict.
This is a perversion of justice.
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
There’s a big difference between the notions of ‘false vacuum’ and ‘true vacuum’ states. Here’s why we don’t want to live in the former.
The skeleton of the world’s oldest known shark attack victim exhibits telltale wounds.
There are two conceptions of free will: “straight” and “mixed.”
Even some philosophers don’t think highly of philosophy, but we need it now more than ever.
Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn’t make you a nihilist.
Compared to Earth, Mars is small, cold, dry, and lifeless. But 3.4 billion years ago, a killer asteroid caused a Martian megatsunami.
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?
Cars are no longer just a way to get from A to B.
Are atoms, humans, planets, and galaxies destined to expand, too? One of the most revolutionary discoveries of the past century was the fact that the Universe is not eternally static and […]
Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.
From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.
One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
The first Earth-sized planet without a parent star has just been discovered. For countless millennia, planets beyond our Solar System were mere speculation. Today, we know of over 4,000 confirmed […]
From up close, the cracking sound of a thunderclap dominates. From far away, it’s more like a drawn-out rumble. Can science explain why?
Saturn’s Iapetus, discovered way back in 1671, has three bizarre features that science still can’t fully explain.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
Pando, which is Latin for “I spread,” is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
Telescopes from the ground are bigger, but have to fight the atmosphere. Here’s how to win. In astronomy, seeing farther and fainter than ever before requires three simultaneous approaches. First light, […]
The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.
Studies show that feelings of ease and comfort in a given situation are tied to feelings of authenticity.
Another amazing tardigrade survival skill is discovered.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at higher energies, something even grander happens?
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?