Two of our biggest science-fiction dreams might not remain fiction for much longer. Here’s how 21st-century science could make it real. For as long as human beings have looked up at […]
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The White House is reportedly considering an executive order that would open up public access to scientific research.
The problem is going to get a lot worse before it gets better, and the decision is all up to SpaceX whether they’ll fix it. On Wednesday morning, January 29, 2020, […]
A new study rocks prevailing theories on antimatter in the early Universe.
If galaxies are cities in the Universe, how unfortunate that our ‘cosmic country’ is dissolving. On the largest cosmic scales of all, planet Earth appears to be anything but special. […]
Here’s a look at the space agency’s astronaut candidate requirements.
“At this point our data is more valuable than oil,” Yang said. “If anyone benefits from our data it should be us.”
From outside a black hole, all masses take an infinite amount of time to cross the event horizon. How, then, can black holes grow? Every Milky Way-sized galaxy should contain hundreds […]
If we’re going to open major workplaces, we have to be ready for this enormous information gap. When it comes to knowing your medical status, the ideal scenario is to […]
Gallup found that in 2019, movie attendance didn’t even come close to library visits.
In principle, the laws of physics are the same forwards and backwards. But in practice, time only runs in one direction. Most of the laws of physics are the same […]
You want one. Now you may be able to survive one.
Here’s a formula for chaos: Collect a diverse and volatile group of eccentric comedians and comedy writers, and give them a nearly impossible task with a just-barely-possible deadline. Oh, and […]
Helium and carbon are made copiously in the interiors of stars. But the in-between elements? They’re rarities everywhere. If you were to take every element in the periodic table and […]
A new study lays out the case for the damaging effects of stress on orcas living in tanks.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
More than 30 essays on the subject “Why I became a Nazi” written by German women in 1934 have been lying fallow in the archives.
The new trust busting battles begin.
Ever want to move forward but find you’re in your own way?
A new web startup is selling algorithmically produced nudes of non-existent women. There’s still some ethical concerns.
The separation of church and state is being dismantled one bill at a time.
Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.
It doesn’t matter what’s popular, logical, or intuitive. What matters is what you can observe and measure. Imagine asking the biggest, most fundamental question of all: what is reality? How would […]
For the third time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting U.S. president.
Stock markets may be plummeting, but that doesn’t mean the spread of COVID-19 is hurting everyone’s bottom line.
A decade ago, we didn’t know if dwarf galaxies had black holes. Today, half of the ones we see aren’t where we expected. Normally, galaxies have supermassive black holes millions […]
From understanding human aggression to epigenetics, Stanford University offers all 25 lessons of this fascinating course for free on YouTube.
Amid such suffering, people need some joy.
It’s one of cosmology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The strongest argument against it may have just evaporated. The ultimate goal of cosmology contains the greatest ambition of any scientific field: to […]
Many people, including some scientists, fear that the coming 5G WiFi revolution will harm humans. Here’s why that’s unfounded. Over the coming few years, a new set of infrastructure will […]