A Cornell University professor believes he has our food, climate, and fuel revolution answered all with one organism: microalgae.
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In spite of rumors, billionaire Corona beer founder Antonino Fernández’s estate will not be distributed among the residents of his home town.
A Japanese study found that they could even tell what subjects were dreaming about.
A UK-Chinese team of scientists have delivered a prototype for a better battery, which could extend the time between smartphone charges – and it’s all inspired by our guts.
Nearly 100 years after Hubble first showed us the Universe is expanding, we still don’t know its rate. “In the far, far future, essentially all matter will have returned to […]
Two strange Oliver Sacks stories about the mind and music from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.
Could the Universe have been born completely uniform and still given rise to us? “First, you should check out my house. It’s, like, kinda lame, but way less lame than, like, […]
Staring into another person’s eyes for 4 minutes increases intimacy. Now we know which genes might play a role.
Psychologist Bruce Hood argues that superstitious thinking is a natural part of human cognition and should not be so quickly dismissed.
Hospitals are starting to get serious about just how noisy they can be for patients trying to heal.
Could the Nobel Prize of 2011 have been awarded without cause? “Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my […]
The winning side in the U.S. presidential election rules a vast, contiguous land mass, the losers are cooped up on a far-flung archipelago
Visionaries know why they get out of bed each day. Do you? Ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek explains how to find direction and fulfillment in your personal and professional life.
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If you were betting on LIGO, you bet wrong. Just like everybody else. “‘Topology is destiny,’ he said, and put the drawers on. One leg at a time.” –Neal Stephenson One […]
Beyond being healthier, walking offers numerous social and cognitive benefits as well.
Three simple questions; an amazing story that goes way beyond Einstein! “Each ray of light moves in the coordinate system ‘at rest’ with the definite, constant velocity V independent of […]
Gravity is the oldest fundamental force ever discovered. Might it not be fundamental after all? “The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic […]
https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/4kXWOFbfYx_default/index.html?videoId=5131037086001 It’s the 10th anniversary of dark matter’s most compelling proof. “It may be that ultimately the search for dark matter will turn out to be the most expensive and […]
We’re ranked behind Saudi Arabia and Korea in empathy. Surprised?
New report has some surprising findings when it comes to the gender pay gap.
The same way a forgotten woman astronomer — Annie Jump Cannon — first did over 100 years ago! “Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of […]
They’re the darkest, most massive things in the Universe. How come they have nothing to do with each other? “All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued […]
The troubling ReAnima clinical trials in India have just been blocked.
One controversial aspect, O’Neill says the FDA should only regulate drugs for safety, not efficacy.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
Programmers at MIT publish A.I.-generated scary images scary for Halloween.
Joe Camel didn’t want you to know about the secret ingredient to his success.
How sure are we that what we’re looking at is cosmic, rather than galactic? “Every philosophy also conceals a philosophy; every opinion is also a hideout, every word also a […]
Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
The UK sees Sealand as nothing more than a platform in its waters. The Bates Family disagrees.