How an environmental theology class opened my eyes—and mind—to my biblical responsibility.
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A new first-of-its-kind study puts a number on how political lobbyists can change the course of climate policy.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s “singleton hypothesis” predicts the future of human societies.
If you look everywhere between the numbers 1 and 2, you’ll never find 3. Let’s say you have an idea about how our physical reality might be different from how we […]
Our Universe is full of surprises. This latest one, AT2018cow, has ignited a controversy between astronomers. The Universe is an ever-changing place, particularly if you look at it on long-enough […]
In order to reap the greatest rewards, we have to think big and invest big. One of these four missions will deliver like never before. When it comes to exploring the […]
These seven subjects don’t teach toward the test, but they will help students lead happier, healthier, and smarter lives.
It’s made up of scores of telescopes at many different sites across the world. But it acts like one giant telescope. Here’s how. If you want to observe the Universe more […]
A close encounter with cosmologist James Peebles encouraged me in my scientific career.
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Is The Goblin’s orbit a breadcrumb leading us to Planet X?
If virtue is insufficient temptation, then the internet makes sure we are never lacking.
Is it saying too much to say something doesn’t exist when you have no evidence either way?
Charity and volunteering not only benefit the recipient but help you become happier and healthier in the new year.
When thinking about your shortcomings, it pays to be kind.
Xenon-124 isn’t stable, and the direct detection of its decay could lead us to an even greater prize. Our Universe is old: 13.8 billion years old, to be precise. Many of […]
Conversation helps sexual satisfaction and desire, especially with partners in committed relationships.
Scientists are highly skeptical, but such “cosmic wanderlust” isn’t a bad thing.
A passenger on a California freeway shot a video of a Tesla driver dozing off at the wheel.
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And what do we still have left to learn? The original idea of a black hole goes all the way back to 1783, when Cambridge scientist John Michell recognized that a […]
It isn’t just that mass and energy are equivalent and interchangeable. It tells us something fundamental about mass itself. Of all the equations that we use to describe the Universe, perhaps […]
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
There are a lot of unsolved mysteries in the Universe, but dark energy is the most confusing. Here’s why. The majority of the energy in our Universe went completely undiscovered until […]
In modern disinformation warfare, social media is the main battlefield.
The view from way out there really puts things in perspective.
In David Epstein’s ‘Range’, dabblers and dillettantes are ascendant.
NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory has shown us the Universe like nothing else ever before. When it comes to the Universe, it mainly generates X-rays through high-temperature heating. X-rays from Chandra reveal […]
Only one dark matter detection experiment ever gave a positive result, in conflict with all the others. This could be why. For multiple generations now, it’s been apparent to astronomers that […]
When he first became a multi-millionaire, Elon Musk shared how his vision led to success.
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