It’s all too common to hear about the violent crimes of NFL players. But that’s not the full story. “I can look in their eyes and see it. That’s the […]
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There’s no such thing as absolute time, but after 13.8 billion years, is anything relatively different? “The total number of people who understand relativistic time, even after eighty years since […]
Before NASA’s Dawn spacecraft found white weirdness on Ceres, it had a close encounter with the second largest asteroid: Vesta. “I have announced this star as a comet, but since […]
Words like “comforting” and “reassuring” don’t seem sufficiently “sexy” praise for a literary work on this scale, but these are the only words to describe its effect (on this reader, at least).
Thanks to 3D printing, creativity and a lot of effort, this DIY Optimus Prime cake is unlike any other. “When he came home, I could see a change. He was […]
There’s a very curious link between topography and personality.
Carve these frighteningly costumed versions of Einstein, Curie and other famous physicists thanks to Fermilab! “It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between […]
Samsung is moving virtual reality out of the developer market and into the hands of consumers.
Breast-augmentation ads? Sure. But period panties?
A massive, groundbreaking study has found that the majority of new psychology findings in the top three flagship journals can’t be replicated. Where do we go from here?
It’s a brave new world.
Starts With A Bang on Medium is a labor of love: a love for the story of the Universe as it tells us about itself. It’s a story unlike any […]
As outpouring of support for Paris was unmissable, many were questioning the cultural bias behind it.
After hydrogen and helium, the periodic table is full of surprises. “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” –Harlan Ellison One of the most remarkable […]
Ben Carson has recently surged in the polls. Should we be concerned about his apocalyptic visions?
Lying is deception. It’s also human: 60 percent of us can’t go for longer than 10 minutes without doing it.
Looks like the inner planets formed *after* the gas giants moved to their current position, and Jupiter ejected a fifth giant, too! “The stars look the same from night to […]
Tired of wires, breadboards and the traditional electrical mess? Try drawing your electrical path instead! “Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way […]
Reading is dangerous, but there’s no harm in preparing students for the challenge.
Three passages that will pay dividends when parsed carefully by a patient reader.
Let the French flag fly on Facebook. It flies for us all. It flies for life.
Our sexual attitudes are the exception that proves the rule.
Out beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper belt, whose residents we can see. But what’s out there beyond that? “The great oak of Astronomy has been felled, and we are lost […]
We need to talk openly about the world we live in because evil thrives on silence and secrecy. I’d go so far as to say that it can’t exist without them.
America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, so how could people from much poorer ones be better off health-wise than us?
Words like “liberty” and “freedom” represent big ideas that are about as amorphous as they are valued.
Open borders would lead to a massive wave of immigration and probably the collapse of American constitutional democracy… though one economist says that’s not a bad thing.
Personal attacks on a speaker, especially about their funding, are a sign that the attacker can’t dispute the facts the speaker is presenting. Beware the attacker too.
Getting past your feelings is the first step to overcoming life’s problems. Wallowing in your emotions only holds you back.
Why is it that in the face of a total lack of evidence for their effectiveness, so many people feel so much affection for quacks?