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You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.

The shift from steam to electricity was inevitable — but some foresaw it earlier than others.

Remember Stephen Hawking’s robotic voice? It wasn’t a robot.

If you want flexibility, transparency, and decent health policies, it seems like working in tech pays off.

Here are the best answers science has to a myriad of commonly asked questions. Over the past 12 months, the status of humans on planet Earth has changed dramatically. The […]

These products are sure to inspire anyone who loves the work of engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla.

You’d have to throw out a lot of known physics for this to even be a possibility. Here’s why. It’s an undeniable scientific fact that dark matter must exist in order […]

We put presidents on our money, but isn’t there more to life than politics?

Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.

Is it a super-secret place for the global el33t? Or is it just a bunch of n00bs masquerading as true h4x0rs?

Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]

While more controlled psychostimulants like amphetamines and cocaine facilitate a rush of blood to the whole brain, caffeine actually restricts blood flow overall. 

We speak about it, argue over it, and even fight wars for it. We know it when we see it. But just what is energy, anyway? When it comes to being […]

Jordan Peterson is one of the most controversial public figures in recent years. Here’s a recap of some of his ideas.

Perhaps energy isn’t conserved at all in an expanding Universe. If you have a Universe full of stuff — whether that’s atoms, dark matter, radiation, neutrinos, or anything else — it’s virtually impossible to […]

There’s no science in this episode of science fiction… but there’s a lot of suspicious happenings that no one’s noticing. Following up on the best episode of the season, thus […]

A psychiatrist has made headlines claiming smartphones are making children “borderline” autistic. Here’s why that’s rubbish:

All you need are clear skies, a telescope, and a plan. Make it a great one. “For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long […]

How the entire history of the Universe gave rise to us, in ten giant leaps. Image credit: Zosia Rostomian, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “It surprises me how disinterested we are […]

Every prediction it’s ever made has been verified, except for one. “These neutrino observations are so exciting and significant that I think we’re about to see the birth of an entirely […]

Recently a good friend told me over a pint in our local pub that he hadn’t been able to sleep a wink for two nights. He’d been left traumatised by […]

Enter a rapidly changing world where a passionate scientist by the name of Isaac Newton burns political bridges in London, a royal astronomer, Edmond Halley, seeks a powerful formula from […]

From Fortune 500 companies to Presidential campaigns, it seems everyone has bought into the power of memes to move a message.  And nobody bought in earlier than Ben Lashes, the […]

Hurricane Sandy has introduced significant uncertainty into next Tuesday’s presidential election. But even without a natural disaster hobbling transportation and cutting off power to as many as 10 million people […]

A closer look at the cartography of the famous Disney ride

In the annals of human hatred, there’s a special place for those who play the same game we do—the ones who are on to our tricks and whose mirror tactics […]

Like a biblical parable, the typical human-behavior experiment is easily told and easily reduced to a message: People who pay with credit cards were more likely to have potato chips […]

Farmers markets are wildly popular among the urban elite in Washington, D.C. and other urban areas across the country.  In a guest post today, Melissa Winn considers efforts to expand […]

 I will talk about the work of each of the speakers below over the next few weeks.  But it should be clear enough that this conference will explore most of […]

Rep Bruce Braley (D-Ia) paid a visit to the “headquarters,” of the American Future Fund, a shadowy 501(c)4 group that has spent nearly $1 million to defeat him in the […]