It seems inevitable that there will be a Mars colony, but the path there won’t be easy. There are two key challenges ahead that will push innovation.
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His use of the drug may have inspired Dr. Timothy Leary.
There is an old adage, “take stock of the company you keep”. As it turns out, we are more tolerant of people who have similar negative personality traits as us.
We take for granted how much the Moon does for Earth, but not all of the changes would be bad. “If we get rid of the moon, women, those menstrual cycles […]
Forty years ago cat hyperthyroidism didn’t exist. Now 10 percent of senior cats suffer from it.
Can one person save the world? This week, Bill Nye finds hope in middle-school student Victoria, who asks what she can do to pull her weight in our current environmental crisis.
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Stephen M. Walt, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, tackles some seemingly non-controversial statements about human rights, democracy, and international law.
‘Let there be light’ isn’t just biblical. It’s science. “By its very nature science knows no boundaries. Walling off any group, for any reason, from full participation damages the entire enterprise […]
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Turkish-American writer Elif Batuman on truth in fiction, how language shapes us, and more.
Someday, the Sun will heat up enough to boil our planet’s oceans. Could moving the entire Earth away save us? “I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn’t boil […]
A long-lost eight wonder of the world may have just been found in New Zealand.
It is a sad reality that in one of the richest nations in the world 60 million people struggle to put healthy food on the table.
Researchers at Queen Mary University have inched us closer toward an invisibility cloak, for starters.
The US Air Force’s Space Horizons Team wants to juice America’s space program. Here’s how.
A study finds that just 30 minutes of memory training per day, for 40 days, can reorganize your brain connectivity.
A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.
A new study suggests that sensitivity to the emotion of disgust affects one’s attitudes on immigration.
The Bella Bella Heiltsuk will use these findings in negotiations over their traditional lands.
Orcas are trailing Alaskan fishermen and taking their halibut and black-cod catches.
The thoughts on ruthless leadership by Italian politician and writer Niccolò Machiavelli resonate today.
Have you heard that life is unlikely around low-mass, red dwarf stars? It might be time to rethink that flawed conclusion. “Laws of nature mixed with evolutionary/historical contingencies allow for […]
SpaceX, the private company with big dreams for manned spaceflight, has launched a partly used rocket into orbit at a lower cost than building a brand new one.
Sam Harris talks with David Deutsch about how modern people are already living like astronauts.
If space were really curved due to matter and energy, we should see light deflect. A solar eclipse provides the perfect opportunity. “Eddington had needed to make significant corrections to […]
For the first time, the World Health Organization has declared a new mental illness to be the leading cause of disability around the world.
If you value your life, stay away from U.S. Route 1 in Florida
Talking about politics in the office is stressing people out and hurting their productivity. Many discussions are erupting into full-blown arguments, and millennials are particularly likely to witness political escalations in the workplace.
Is coal on the way out? These new findings suggest that it is, but they suggest that for the first time one of the key drivers of this change is the free market.
There are 400 breeds in total, including 23 distinct “clades” or types.
Sometimes, designing a careful experiment and measuring absolutely no effect can be the most important result of all. “It appears, from all that precedes, reasonably certain that if there be any […]