If we find the earliest signal from the Universe’s birth, how can we be sure we aren’t fooling ourselves? When it comes to the origin of the Universe, the Big […]
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One moment, every particle in the Universe was massless. Then, they weren’t anymore. Here’s how it happened. In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was filled […]
A new study shows choosing to be active is a lot of work for our brains. Here are some ways to make it easier.
If you check your phone in the middle of the night, it says something about you.
Cybersecurity costs billions of dollars each year. Building on a blockchain could solve many of our security problems.
Louie Psihoyos — the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove — is scouting out locations for his latest project, a real-life dolphin sanctuary.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 81, announced on Wednesday his upcoming resignation, marking the end of a three-decade tenure on the high court.
What do Finland, bacon, and basketball have in common? They’re all part of our new series, the Random Fact Roundup.
It’s ironic that although we’re more connected than ever before, we’re lonelier than ever, too.
No more secret submarines and moon bases. A new study puts to rest decades-old conspiracy theories and confirms how Adolf Hitler died.
Ten days before he died, Stephen Hawking published a final paper with a way to prove or disprove the multiverse.
America isn’t immune to attempts to remove books from libraries and schools, here are ten frequent targets and why you ought to go check them out.
One day in 1995, a large, heavy middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didn’t wear a mask or any sort of disguise. And he smiled at […]
The authors conclude that it does, after claiming it doesn’t.
Just because humans wouldn’t do well over there doesn’t mean there aren’t incredible chances for life. For nearly 30 years, scientists have been discovering planets beyond our Solar System: the exoplanets […]
We don’t know what causes migraines. But this new theory ties a lot of things together.
Dylan McWilliams was bit by a shark in Hawaii less than a year after being bit by a bear in Colorado. What are the odds? There’s an old saying out there […]
For accurate, factual alerts and updates, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is the most comprehensive, reliable news source you could possibly go to. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island […]
“People need to see something of a balance between effect and cause… that if something has a huge evil effect, it should be the result of a huge evil cause.”
Thanks in no small part to the digitization of our social lives, depression is becoming a bigger and bigger issue in western societies. So how do we reverse it?
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A map shows the dominant religion in each of the United States’ counties. Evangelicals dominate the most areas geographically. Catholics are the majority faith in densely populated areas.
A longtime debate over Buddhism’s religiosity has drawn a line between metaphysics and action.
In the wake of suicides by high-profile and much-beloved celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, psychologists and psychiatrists say that suicide is too complex and indeterminate for humans to predict.
The probe, no larger than a car, will be the closest a man-made object has ever gotten to the sun. We will be able to study and see it like we’ve never seen it before.
Startups create the tech and products that set the tone for our collective future. It’s pivotal that founders lead by example to make diversity and inclusion a priority—and reap the rewards.
Apple’s new Screen Time function will show users detailed reports on phone usage, allow users to limit access to apps, and let parents manage their kids’ screen time.
Some of us can adjust our moods by listening to certain types of music we know will affect us. This survey looks at the music Americans turn to for mood modification.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft taught us more than we ever imagined about Saturn. Could we do something similar for Uranus and Neptune? From where we are in the Solar System, looking out […]
What do hotels, The Simpsons, and feet have in common? They’re all in this actual blog post. Wow.
Mindfulness at work has been picking up traction in western businesses and organizations in recent years. Major companies like Google, General Mills, Apple, Intel, and Nike are embracing mindfulness in […]