Five of the Solomon Islands have vanished due to rising sea levels. The effects of climate change will be keeping cartographers busy as our borders continue to shift.
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Google’s DeepMind and the Future of Humanity Institute are trying to find a way for human operators to stay in control if artificial intelligence starts acting out.
When you get enough mass together, Einstein’s theory of gravity causes space to act like a lens. Here are the results. “The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio […]
Astronaut Scott Kelly channeled his inner Mark Watney.
Galaxy-sized? Human-sized? Atom-sized? Even smaller? How tiny can a bit of space be and still expand? “We now have the best picture of how galaxies like our own formed their stars.” […]
Sebastian Junger takes a big-picture look at depression, PTSD, and the importance of the tribe in his new book.
46 billion light years in all directions in just 13.8 billion years? Here’s how it’s done! “They say the universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic.” –Steven Wright There are […]
430,000 people are injured every year due to distracted driving. Will this new invention help combat this trend?
It took hundreds of years for Einstein to dethrone him, and even then, he was off by less than 1% of a spectacular prediction.
The sender didn’t have a name nor an address for his letter. So he drew a map instead.
After 4th of July this past Monday, here’s the science behind how they work! “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it.” -The Simpsons This […]
Dietary fats were demonized in the fifties due to shoddy evidence. After decades of a diet heavy in carbs and sugars, we’re finally learning the truth.
If you’re looking for a point in space, the answer is going to shock you. “The world you see, nature’s greatest and most glorious creation, and the human mind which gazes […]
Meteor showers are something that everybody ought to see at least once in their lifetime.
And if it is, what does that mean for dark energy, and our Universe’s fate? “Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the […]
In a row over how to bring Internet access to India’s poorest, Facebook almost sounds colonial.
And the story of how the greatest act of WWII sabotage stopped it. “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer In the 1930s, as Europe stood on […]
What’s going on in your gut is affecting your emotions and mental outlook.
Most teaching textbooks aren’t evidence-based according to a new report, so where should teachers go to keep their skills up to date?
If tattoos had always been as popular as they are today, here is what Charles Darwin, Henry V, Lord Nelson, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama might have inked.
Donald Trump’s savvy Twitter campaign is helping him win the presidential nomination.
Did you know the Metro to Embarcadero Station passes through a buried Gold Rush ship?
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, even if “science” is in the title. “Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.” –Mark Z. […]
Resolved to be more cultured in 2016? Try these art and music pairings to learn to savor more of both.
Most of you know that we run a Patreon campaign for Starts With A Bang, enabling us to bring you the best content in the Universe, ad-free, here on Medium. […]
These findings are extremely helpful.
These kids are living on the edge, keeping their struggle on the DL. Here’s what we can do to help.
Knowing how to code becomes the next phase of literacy.
In times of emergency, many of us reach for our phones. They are vital to the safety and security of our families, friends, and colleagues.
An incredible live-blog of an incredible event. “It’s becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test new […]