Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
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You would think that with all our technology, like the James Webb Space Telescope, we would know how big the Universe is. But we don’t.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”
Creativity and achievement require balancing hard work with the restful power of calm.
“Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1.”
Black holes aren’t just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here’s why it must be so.
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.
On the morning of June 30, 1908, an explosion of more than 10 megatons occurred above the sparsely populated Siberian Taiga. What caused the so-called Tunguska event?
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
Our concept of “failure” is way too narrow.
In our common experience, you can’t get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
From Ramses II to Alexander the Great, these leaders helped shaped the world we know today.
Why, exactly, don’t you trust that person’s opinion?
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
The first set of James Webb’s images blew us all away. In just 2 mere months, it’s seen highlights that no one could have predicted.
Only have sex with a person you love — a novel concept!
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
What the ‘decade of the brain’ taught us about drug addiction. (Hint, we had it all wrong before.)
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As recently as 1990, we didn’t know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we’re deep into the weeds of how they form.
One tiny change might have made a huge difference.
Each of us carries our own version of the Multiverse in our heads.
Who should be compensated?