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Think you make moral judgments objectively? Think again.
Dark energy tells us that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. Here’s what that means for our disappearing Universe. One of the biggest surprises for humanity about the Universe is that […]
CEO time has never been studied in this kind of detail.
The idea of a “healthy gut flora” might have gotten you laughed out of the room just five years ago, but they’ve slowly been more accepted over the years and are now firmly in the mainstream.
Not everyone is satisfied with the Big Bang. But every alternative is a disastrous failure. It’s treated as though it’s an unassailable scientific truth: 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe […]
The ices and rock aren’t green, and neither are the tails. So where does a comet’s green color come from? Every so often, with extreme regularity, comets will plunge from beyond […]
Despite little clinical evidence of efficacy, a growing number of parents are giving their children supplements that could prove dangerous.
The Galapagos Islands are among the most fascinating places on Earth. Their uniqueness has inspired science to make many important discoveries there.
Research suggests that your name affects the level of success you’ll achieve in your career and love life, and even where you choose to live.
If it can stretch the Universe from the size of a subatomic particle to billions of light years in a fraction of a second, why doesn’t Einstein’s relativity forbid it? When […]
In a paper published Monday, security experts outline two attacks that malicious parties could use to gain access to a target’s entire inbox.
You’ve probably seen it hanging around. But how did it get there? And can we live there?
On September 27, 1972, scientists performed the first test of Bell’s inequality. God does play dice with the Universe, after all. One of the most puzzling and counterintuitive aspects of quantum […]
A survey by SimplyHired examines the experiences and feelings of people who’ve had office affairs and people who haven’t.
Somewhere out there, perhaps in another place and time, there’s a person who looks like your identical twin stranger — at least to an untrained observer.
In the Western world, there’s a constant pressure to be happy. Paradoxically, this makes people more prone to anxiety and depression.
Hawaii continues its history of progressive climate policy by pledging to become carbon neutral by 2045, a move that would make it the first such state in the country.
Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union created secret cities to house the scientists working in their nuclear weapons programs. Both nations went about this in very different ways and with very different, sometimes disastrous, results.
Scientists are investigating whether it’s possible to give modern elephants an ancient boost by reviving woolly mammoth DNA—all to curb climate change.
Among the general public, people compare it to the aether, phlogiston, or epicycles. Yet almost all astronomers are certain: dark matter and dark energy exist. Here’s why. If you go by […]
Ruinophilia. The science of loneliness. Live at UntitledTown Book and Author Festival, Green Bay, Wisconsin
No international borders, no international order—and yet, most land borders are not very old: more than half were drawn after 1900.
Millions will watch on Saturday as Prince Harry marries retired American actress Meghan Markle, but a new poll suggests most Brits aren’t interested in the affair.
Common routers include devices made by Netgear and Linksys; this is a major malware outbreak.
The answer can give us an indication of where our universe is headed and how it might end.
We’ve all heard the number: 4.5 billion years. But how do we know, and how certain are we that the Earth and Sun are the same age? Billions of years ago, […]
Scientists, artists, writers, and entrepreneurs will tackle the most exciting and controversial topics shaping our future at Brain Bar, Hungary’s most inspiring event.
No more secret submarines and moon bases. A new study puts to rest decades-old conspiracy theories and confirms how Adolf Hitler died.
Shortly after the Big Bang, the Universe became completely dark. The first stars, when they ignited, changed everything. For perhaps 100 million years, the Universe was devoid of stars. The […]