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A new study has identified 12 times as many viral populations as previous research.
Norway announced plans this week to construct a system of cycleways safely connecting nine of its biggest cities to outer suburbs. The project is estimated to cost just under $1 billion and is part of a broader transportation initiative to be completed by 2030.
Different methods of measuring the Universe's expansion rate yield high-precision, incompatible answers. But is the problem robustly real?
TikTok and its allies won't go down without a legal fight.
On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man.
Here's why you may want to opt-out of Amazon's new shared network.
The "Women's Walk" (as Google has named it) will occur in response to how the company handled sexual misconduct claims against one of its executives.
Inconceivable wealth. And a few lessons in how not to get rich, too.
The state joins Washington, D.C. in eliminating a predatory system that preys upon low-income people and favors the wealthy.
Each year, lightning kills 24,000 people around the world. These maps show which regions get hit more than others.
Uber, Lyft, ZipCar, and other transportation companies have signed onto a new pledge to curb urban congestion—in their favor.
Turns out, organisms may be using quantum mechanics to gain evolutionary advantages.
Some experts take issue with Elon Musk’s frightening warning about AI taking over.
The Onion founding editor Scott Dikkers says every joke can be categorized in one of 11 "funny filters."
Stand up comedians are twice as likely to die younger than dramatic actors. And according to at least one published medical study, the funnier you are the earlier you could die young.
Plato wasn't worried that democracy tended to lead to Donald Trump-style tyranny (despite what Andrew Sullivan claims). Here's what he was really concerned about.
Could finding a planet capable of supporting humans already be within our reach? “The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so vast and the treasures hidden in the heavens so […]
WhatsApp has joined Telegram, TextSecure, and many other secure messaging apps, enabling end-to-end encryption when sending texts and multimedia messages. An encrypted messenger has become the one of the most popular ways to communicate.
Last week’s $1.5 billion jackpot was a record that likely will be broken again and again. But when, if ever, should you play? “I’ve done the calculation and your chances of […]
It's time to address the gorilla in the room, and the high percentage of his income he's spending to rent it.
If all goes well it could become the biggest chain in America to switch to a no-tipping policy.
Ben Carson has recently surged in the polls. Should we be concerned about his apocalyptic visions?
And what are the odds that it’s out there? “Since stars appear to be suns, and suns, according to the common opinion, are bodies that serve to enlighten, warm, and sustain […]
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about both the means and consequences of demonization. And like most Americans of my generation I generally think it’s a terrible thing. To […]
Steven Mazie has a post on the front page today about Ben Bernanke’s Princeton commencement speech this year, and his call to the graduating class to “share their luck with […]
OK, so the NSA is spying on you. Is Orwell's nightmare coming true?
Well, if all you had to go by is tonight’s debate, you’d have to say yes. Romney’s presentations were clearer, tighter, more incisive, more eloquent, more factually detailed, and more […]
Today’s breaking news was, of course, that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare”. In what will doubtless go down in American history […]
A lot has been and will be written about Salman Khan. Though he already arrived in the spotlight of mainstream media, he is clearly just at the beginning of his […]
Andrew Sullivan quotes this passage from Jennifer Fulwiler’s account of her conversion to Catholicism from atheism: If everything that we call heroism and glory, and all the significance of all […]