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We can explore the farthest reaches of the Universe, but can’t even complete our own cosmic backyard. The history of astronomy has been a history of receding horizons. The invention […]
West delivered an impassioned speech on American industry and transport, even pitching a high-tech plane to Apple.
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If you’re lacking confidence and feel like you could benefit from an ego boost, try writing your life story.
Wide Angle Motion Imagery (WAMI) is a surveillance game-changer. And it’s here.
A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research.
Dark matter is our leading theory for a reason. New, detailed studies of the smallest galaxies could kill off the most studied alternative. When you look out at the Universe, […]
As we urbanize, a new study flags the need for lots of green spaces.
A blank canvas for generations of science.
Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, one day before the Senate is set to vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
How can we use the resources that are already on the Moon to make human exploration of the satellite as economical as possible?
Dietary rules need to consider the land needed to grow the food, cautions new study.
Hubble, even at its best, only reveals perhaps 10% of what’s out there. Here’s how we get the rest. When you gaze up at the night sky, through the veil of […]
Our biases, preferences, and ideas of simplicity and elegance can get in the way. Here’s a scientific way to cut through them all. What are the rules governing reality? If you […]
Australia’s two largest supermarkets led the ban, which has so far prevented some 1.5 billion plastic bags from entering the environment.
Eric Weinstein suggests institutions need individuals who can pass two famous psychological tests.
The Canadian professor calls for personal responsibility over legislation.
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated 53-year-old Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, a pick that could establish a solid conservative majority in the court for years to come.
Is Juche an ideology, a scam, or a very strange religion?
Organizational behavior expert Dan Cable says disengagement at work is the product of an evolutionary trait. It’s a trait that has a lot to do with our survival and what […]
That’s a sharp increase from the 1960s when it took the same share of scientists an average of 35 years to drop out of academia.
The vast emptiness of space isn’t really so empty: It’s filled with space goop made of greasy carbon molecules.
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 […]
In General Relativity, even space and time themselves aren’t what they seem. Gravity might have been the first fundamental force ever discovered, but in many ways, it remains the least-well understood. […]
Talking about climate change doesn’t have to be an argument over Thanksgiving dinner. Some people, though maybe not all, can be persuaded.
Consciousness expert Michael Graziano on what, if anything, makes us uniquely human.
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The 72-page report makes a case against modern policy proposals like “Medicare for All” and free college tuition.
Some experts say there’s no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.
If everything in nature is made of quantum fields at its core, how do we wind up with particles at all? What is our Universe made out of? At a fundamental […]
Modern notions about the Illuminati are the result of a satirical cult-classic book.