The second in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.
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The history of the Geneva Conventions tells us how the international community draws the line on brutality.
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The astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded a special Breakthrough prize for discovering pulsars in the 1960s.
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The incredible story of a scientist who survived gulags, fighting to change his country and physics.
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Richard Feynman once asked a silly question. Two MIT students just answered it.
He’s enflamed conversation about socialism across America.
A joint study from U.S. and U.K. universities shows promising results in reducing the rate of cognitive decline.
Be glad your name isn’t attached to any of these bad ideas.
When he was developing his famous hierarchy of needs, Abraham Maslow cited 9 historical figures that achieved self-actualization.
What qualifies someone for the top position in American government?
BICEP2 scientist Brian Keating’s new book is honest and insightful, but just as notable for what it fails to recognize. Imagine what it’s like to be a scientist working on […]
Do you wear hats? Or own a lamp? Well, say goodbye (or perhaps more accurately: 再见) to them, as in late September there will be a 25% increase in prices thanks to President Trump’s peculiar fixation on tariffs.
There is a fundamental difference between matter and antimatter. But not enough of one to explain our Universe. Our Universe is a vast and enormous place, and if there’s one […]
Digging deeper into the mystery of the brain, soul, and consciousness.
The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two people, one a doctor and one a survivor of ISIS captivity, for their work in raising international awareness about wartime sexual violence.
If your goal was to destroy the science of astronomy and astrophysics, this is exactly how you’d do it. One of the perks of being President of the United States of […]
Behavioral ecology is a real science. But applying it to humans, with our social structures, is highly suspect. Imagine a scientist. Try closing your eyes and really picturing this person: envision […]