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How our dream of exploring the stars might actually someday come true. “We are what we are, and we’re doing the best we can. It is not for you to […]
The increased use of smart drugs to boost brain performance is raising many ethical and practical questions.
Police use the same mechanism to make split-second life-or-death decisions that we do. But that mechanism is kind of a racist idiot.
Here’s why your wife won’t let you forget that stupid thing you did 6 months ago.
A new study raises troubling questions about the use of commonly prescribed opioid painkillers.
The UK’s National Obesity Forum has released a scathing report linking public health officials and corporate interests.
And will it get too cold or too hot for our habitability? “What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a […]
DC taxi drivers will be collaborating with company Delivery.com to provide on-demand lunch service in DC. Could this been a new model for the “sharing economy?”
Don’t believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them.
Researchers find an unlikely source for the next superfood.
A number of prominent world leaders are avowed atheists and there’s no reason the American President has to be religious.
More than a million times what we make at the LHC, these could be the ultimate keys to nature. “Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” –Bill Bryson […]
Many of us balk at the idea of biotech implants as an affront to privacy and good old-fashioned humanity – but what if it could restore your eyesight and prevent Alzheimer’s, what then?
Science Guy Bill Nye is thrown a deep religious hypothetical: If there is a god that is truly good, intelligent and all-knowing, should we submit to its governance?
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While cupping hit the mainstream thanks to Olympic athletes, the practice has a religious history in Islam.
Vampires and the Fountain of Youth are living legends once again. New studies that hope to find youthful properties in the blood of humans under the age of 25. What could go wrong?
In 2017, Moon Express will be the first private company to land on the moon. Its goal is to mine the moon’s resources and use the lunar surface as a stepping stone for exploring the rest of the universe.
We have electric charges and currents in electromagnetism, so why not magnetic ones, too? “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is […]
All those hours spent trying to get the doctor to fill a prescription should count for something, right?
Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.
Scientists may be able to unlock the potential of a compound found in a common fruit, whose interaction with a certain gut bacteria helps ward off aging.
Executive recruiter James Citrin explains the employment triangle and the trappings of finding your dream job.
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent out over a thousand letters warning public schools away from this creationist propaganda.
A new Italian study shows that women who eat pasta are skinnier. But there’s more to the research than that.
Having studied the ancient philosophers and their ideas of the virtues required to be an ideal man, Benjamin Franklin created his own list of thirteen virtues.
Will Curiosity outlast Opportunity, the rover it was designed to supersede? Or will it fail, since it’s too big for its britches? “By refocusing our space program on Mars for […]
Mother Teresa will be canonized this Sunday, September 4th. What does it take to become a saint, and is the Vatican mistaken to not address Mother Teresa’s flaws?
Advances in our understanding of cognitive processes are proving tremendous. When it comes to understanding consciousness, you might say the ghost in the machine is a chemical engineer.
Edward Snowden and his allies are lobbying President Obama to pardon him.