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Morbid fatality statistics on digital highway signs seem to distract drivers, thus increasing the number of car crashes.

SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.

Opponents of 19th-century American imperialism were not above body-shaming the personification of the U.S. government.

For centuries, universities have advanced humanity toward truth. Professor Jonathan Haidt speaks to why college campuses are suddenly heading in the opposite direction.

There are pros and cons to sending interstellar messages to aliens that may or may not exist.

To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.

A five-year-old reading a picture book in her pillow fort. A college student and his friends at the midnight matinee. A ninety-year-old watching her soaps. What do they have in […]

It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.

More evidence that we're drowning in microplastic particles.

Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.

If you were awaiting screaming death from the skies, you can relax. For now.

Puerto Rico's iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.

How do we integrate Gen Z into the 21st century workforce? Intergenerational differences are challenging: whether it’s listening to grandpa’s lecture on what’s wrong with the world these days or […]

The English Department is instituting a series of reforms that cuts across the entire university.

How a controversial study on psychic powers caused a revolution in psychology research.

GPS holds the key, but astronomers can’t do it without help. Since 2019, the night sky — as seen by both human eyes and the telescopes we use to enhance our views of […]

What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?

A mile-high tower would not just be a new structure, but a new technology.

A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill some antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Isolation and empathy are by no means mutually exclusive.

How the half-hour commute and motorised transport changed our cities into huge metropolises.

This modern therapy technique has been shown to be effective and easy to learn — could teaching it to students help cut off a growing mental health crisis?

Or is doubt a self-fulfilling prophecy?

The film becomes the story of the making of the film. From his Monty Python days to now, Don Quixote is a metaphor for Terry Gilliam's whole career, and for his 30 year project of making a film about a film about the knight of the woeful countenance. We talk about Muppets, time, and basically everything else two humans can talk about.

Will Storr has written a masterful guide to writing with "The Science of Storytelling."

Map shows oldest buildings for each U.S. state – but also hints at what's missing.

What does the power of the online mob hold for tyranny and conformity?

As Game of Thrones ends, a revealing resolution to its perplexing geography.

Autism is a widely misunderstood condition surrounded by falsehoods, half-truths, and cultural assumptions.

Maybe everything we do is bad. But it’s not all bad to the same extent. Writer Jonathan Safran Foer on factory farming and free-range parenting in 2018.