Brandon A. Weber
Contributing Writer
Brandon Weber has been writing and creating viral joy on the Innerwebz for over 7 years at Upworthy, The Progressive, Big Think, and more. His book on forgotten histories of unions, working people, veterans, and other marginalized people is available on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Powell's.
“People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government.” — ACLU and a coalition of civil rights groups
The entire device is about the size of an ice chest, and the temperature it achieves will be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.
Despite a low unemployment rate, all is not well in the United States. Not by a long shot.
Cephalopods like the octopus could have originated from outside of our solar system, possibly coming to Earth as hitchhikers frozen inside comets and meteors.
Yanny/Laurel is the blue dress vs. gold dress of 2018. Kinda.
The evidence of water vapor plumes on Europa is enough for NASA to plan a probe that will take samples in 5 to 10 years.
Is Google’s moral compass broken?
Many of the Russian IRA troll Facebook ads were released today by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.
Quick, what’s traveling at 106,000 kilometers per hour (66,000 mph) and is as big as a football field?
It’s becoming more clear what the root cause of Parkinson’s is, and the solution may be farther south than the brain, nestled in our gut microbiome.
It’s not a head-to-head study comparison, since there are major differences, but it might just provide a lot more clues.
Once hunted to near-extinction, humpback whales living in southern oceans near Antarctica are making a comeback. But will it last?
Time crystals have been detected in an unexpected place: monoammonium phosphate, a compound found in fertilizer and ‘grow your own crystal’ kits.
Stephen Hawking’s final paper is all about the multiverse, quantum relativity, string theory, relativity and more.
Research is proving that “just get over it” when it comes to losing a companion animal is simply not normal. So, if friends and family are telling you that … just ignore them. And if you’re a friend or family member of someone who lost a pet, there are things you can do to help them through it.
Scientists have replicated Albert Einstein’s spooky action at a distance on a massive scale—well, for the quantum world, anyway.
If you see the VingCard logo on your room key, that’s the system in question.
Through an analysis of popular names vs. gender in leadership positions, The New York Times compiles a ‘so sad it’s almost funny’ report on how real the glass ceiling is.
Earth Day is over for this year, but what it means for our future is still being talked about.
Hubble telescope celebrates 28 years of being a space sleuth with these dazzling images of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,000 light-years away.
For 55 hours, not a speck of coal was used to toast crumpets in England. How did the U.K. give up the dirtiest fossil fuel?
A little peek into our past reveals tantalizing details.
It’s not a solution yet, but perhaps the start of one.
Space X successfully launches TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite a.k.a. “The Planet Hunter.” NASA will use it to search for planets that may support extraterrestrial life.
No, really. This stuff is getting pushed out as “fact.”
What seems like sorcery is actually smart science.
It’s the most popular class of all time at the university—and it’s now available free of charge.
“In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.” ― Rebecca MacKinnon
One of the latest things that has people all abuzz is the claim that Buzz Aldrin saw “an L-shaped object” when he went to the moon.rn