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And, you know, really look at what’s in front of them.

“If the election for U.S. president were held today, who would you vote for?” Response options included all of the Republican and Democratic candidates in the race at the time, along with options for “Other” and “I would not vote.”

And the story you heard about their origin being solved? It’s 100% wrong. “From a little spark may burst a flame.” –Dante Alighieri Although it was recently reported that a mysterious […]

Last week’s $1.5 billion jackpot was a record that likely will be broken again and again. But when, if ever, should you play? “I’ve done the calculation and your chances of […]

Response to the passing of Antonin Scalia has been truly bipartisan: No one’s mourning and everyone’s demanding.

They don’t look like our other spherical maps we’re used to seeing. So what’s actually going on? “The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum […]

And could what we see over there spell disaster for Earth? “An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered […]

Planet Nine? More like “Planet maybe.” “Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science.” –Mike Brown Last week, the […]

Is there an alternate Universe with a different version of you, and all the outcomes you didn’t choose? “Go then, there are other worlds than these.” –Stephen King, The Dark […]

Painting for Picasso was rule-breaking, serious business, but sculpture was rule-innocent child’s play.

We build tools, and those tools determine, construct, and guide our lives. Should we welcome the assistance that artificially intelligent machines provide?  

Let’s talk about the facts, which include why you totally can eat bacon.

Edward Snowden lists services that will protect your privacy with just a few downloads.

This could really revolutionize higher education.

A new Barnes Foundation show highlights the connections between ancient artisanal ironwork and modern art.

Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.

It’s a wonderful potential technology for going interstellar. But in your lifetime? Don’t hold your breath. “Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We […]

Everything that’s inherently quantum in the Universe is both a wave and a particle. So, are gravitational waves? “You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when […]

Human motorists can’t handle their do-goodery driving.

The standing desk and the treadmill desk weren’t.

Will we stick around for eternity? Or someday decay away? “I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end […]

It was a dark and stormy night when a car accident was prevented by very cool technology.

Turn on, tune in, drop out, but read on about how Hippies and Hippie Modernism might rise again.

If You Work in a Creative Industry, You Should Steal Other People’s Ideas Just as Shakespeare lifted plots from his predecessors, young performers today ought to focus on emulating those […]

Our Sun gets its energy from fusion in its core. But can any light be made from the surface? “Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free […]

It’s not in any form of light, and yet here we are, “seeing” the Universe all the same. “If the imprint is really due to gravitational waves from the big […]

Don’t even think about getting anything other than this one! “No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.” –Quintus Ennius If you are (or you […]

Hotelling’s law, a principle from game theory explains the tendency for industries to set up shop right next door to their closest competitor.

Samsung is moving virtual reality out of the developer market and into the hands of consumers.

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