There’s no telling whether machine-learned common sense is five years away, or 50.
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Even though no human has stepped foot on the Moon’s surface in 50 years, the evidence of our presence there remains unambiguous.
It’s all well and good to discuss how our humanity evolved – but what even is humanity?
Asking science to determine what happened before time began is like asking, “Who were you before you were born?”
Even without the greatest individual scientist of all, every one of his great scientific advances would still have occurred. Eventually.
Learn how to practice “self-indifference.”
And if you have a friend at the same longitude, you can even measure its circumference. This year’s equinox, on March 19/20 of 2020 (longitude-dependent), is Earth’s earliest in 124 […]
A recent study analyzed the skulls of early Homo species to learn more about the evolution of primate brains.
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
Our Solar System’s outer reaches, and what’s in them, was predicted long before the first Oort Cloud object was ever discovered.
What we can learn from our complicated relationship with boredom.
New research conducted on mice suggests repeated heavy drinking causes synaptic dysfunctions that lead to anxiety.
A new study finds that dogs fed fresh human-grade food don’t need to eat—or do their business—as much.
We’ve almost got the entire story. James Webb will put the last piece into place. In all of science, there are really only two ways that something can be “known” to […]
In hell, we assume a position of moral superiority, looking down over the sinners and the poor decisions that led them to this wretched place. In heaven, Dante is looking down upon us.
Once a book is published, who gets to interpret it? Us or the author?
Social media seems to stress some people out. Maybe its time for a break?
When Olympic athletes perform dazzling feats of athletic prowess, they are using the same principles of physics that gave birth to stars and planets.
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
The unique light signatures of nautical beacons translate into hypnotic cartography.
While Mars is known as a frozen, red planet today, it has all the evidence we could ask for of a watery past, lasting for approximately the first 1.5 billion […]
As the Universe ages, will it eventually fade away entirely? The earliest signal we’ve ever directly detected from the Universe comes to us from shortly after the Big Bang: when […]
Modern science progresses with an intensity and even irrationality that Aristotle could not fathom.
One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn’t as cruel as you think.
It happened more than once, and needed to. Here’s why. If there’s one thing you can be certain about when it comes to outer space, it’s that it’s transparent, not opaque, […]
Malignant discrimination remains a problem in society, but it’s one we’ve improved upon compared to its historic highs—or, rather, lows. Interracial marriage, to pick one example of progress, used to […]
Cow cuddling is getting ever more popular, but what’s the science behind using animals for relaxation?
Tea and coffee have known health benefits, but now we know they can work together.