Not everything that claims to be “scientific” actually is. There are five features of scientifically rigorous studies.
Humiliating powerful people was not a key to success.
With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.
Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.
Being a jerk gets you rich, promoted, and laid (if you’re a man). But there is a downside.
What do we mean by a black hole’s size? A photon sphere? The minimal stable orbit? The event horizon? The singularity? Which one is right?
Yoga is more than just standing on your head. It’s about uniting with the divine.
Having a “buff” skeleton prevents infirmity in old age.
Pick up the paintbrush and get to work.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
Speeding through the Universe and leaving a wake of new stars, this runaway supermassive black hole is likely the first among thousands.
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” remain controversial to this day.
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.
This beautiful JWST image of Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 has been called a “prelude to a supernova” by NASA. That might be entirely wrong.
AI helped create films like “Jurassic Park” and “A.I.”, so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn’t worry about losing their jobs.
Be skeptical of a new study questioning the sweetener’s safety.
It’s far less likely to wander into bizarre lies, emotional rants, and manipulative tangents.
Instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public a true story, Netflix exploited a horrifying tragedy to push conspiracy theories.
2023 is an exciting time for the study of quark-gluon plasmas.
At least one of Earth’s creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
How can you fit a camel through a needle?
If there are three neutrino species, all with different masses, then how is energy conserved when they oscillate from one flavor to another?
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
Financial illiteracy can become a significant problem. But it’s a problem with a clear solution.
Everything everywhere all at once.
When it comes to handling our emotions, we can’t afford to be none the WISER.