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The Perseid meteor shower during this weekend’s new moon should be fabulous.
Every mechanical failure brings Hubble one step closer to its demise. But despite the recent setback, it’s still got plenty of life left. If you want to view the distant Universe […]
… and also the return of the (mini) Mac.
Changing an unhealthy habit depends a lot on your belief that you can do it, something psychologists call self-efficacy. Take smoking, for example. Your belief that you are capable of […]
It’s not simply Hubble’s Law anymore, but the real history is far more complex than the stories you’ve heard. One of the most mind-blowing facts in our existence is that space […]
Almost half of the American workers don’t take all the vacation days they can, leading to increased health risks.
The fragility of digital memory could let the entire story of our time turn to sand.
A study from May 2018 found that most lottery winners report greater life satisfaction over a long-term period.
Do a little less in your day if you want to do a little more.
“At times, it seems as if we are condemned to try to understand our own time with conceptual frameworks more than half a century old.” Historian Niall Ferguson says it’s time for an update.
A recently solved murder case from the Netherlands illuminates some of the promises and ethical questions raised by the police practice of using genealogy databases to identify criminal suspects.
A Toronto-based startup that sells customizable temporary tattoos has received $10 million in Series A funding from venture capitalists, the company’s chief executive officer announced Tuesday.
Geneticists figure out how elephants keep from getting cancer.
Microplastics are everywhere in the ocean food chain. A new study suggests they might have another route into terrestrial animals.
Will the next wave of tech prioritize happiness over profit, or will app designers continue to rely on addictive habits?
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When a ‘Rick and Morty’ fan recently tweeted at Dan Harmon asking how to deal with depression, it didn’t take him long to reply.
We were gaining three IQ points per decade for many, many years. Now, that’s going backward. Could this explain some of our choices lately?
New research identifies an unexpected source for some of earth’s water.
In 1922, Albert Einstein explained how to live a happy life to a bellboy in Tokyo.
Prison isn’t just terrible for the prisoners. Increasingly, the employees are suffering, too.
Like Stevenson, Tolkien and other creators of fantasy worlds, Ursula K. Le Guin was a cartographer as well as a writer
The Universe was born with equal amounts of matter and antimatter. How did matter win? 13.8 billion years ago, at the moment of the Big Bang, the Universe was the hottest […]
The maker of OxyContin, one of the world’s most widely abused opioids, has patented a drug that aims to help addicts wean off opioids.
A new report from the Boston Globe shows how a shadowy Transportation Security Administration program, dubbed ‘Quiet Skies’, orders undercover federal marshals to track citizens who aren’t necessarily on a terrorist watchlist.
The idea may have started as a joke, but it’s getting more and more serious.
A new study asks the question: can a massive solar and wind farm be implemented in the Sahara? According to at least one of the authors, it’s possible to create these solar and wind farms with technology available right now.
Technology entrepreneur and CEO of X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis, believes that the sweet spot of true innovation is found in the sharing of “crazy ideas.” While a company or […]