Forget about alien nonsense. The Universe as it actually is doesn’t need any embellishments to be interesting. In our Solar System, the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and other masses are […]
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Street names can cause diplomatic offence – and sometimes, that’s exactly why they’re there.
Among many others, Britain’s new Foreign Secretary has managed to offend the previous, current and future presidents of the U.S.
A few weeks ago Mayor of London Boris Johnson said some questionable things about IQ tests and the benefits of greed, income inequality and shaking boxes of cornflakes. Dorothy Bishop wrote an […]
Part 2 of the Q&A with Dr. Boris Behncke of Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania.
Part 1 of the Q&A from Dr. Boris Behncke of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Catania.
To kick off the second Eruptions Question & Answer feature, Dr. Boris Behncke of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology takes your questions on the many volcanoes of Italy – send them in!
Send me all the burning Italian volcano questions you have and maybe Dr. Boris Behncke will answer it!
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?
Modernism first moved on May 29, 1913. That’s century-old hyperbole, of course, but if any date achieves day of infamy status for modern art in the 20th century, it’s the […]
We know that diversity on corporate boards is good for business and good for the world, so what steps can we take to boost women’s representation on boards worldwide?
Soviet censorship was thorough yet fallible.
Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?
From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.
Many people out there, including scientists, claim to have discovered a series of game-changing revolutions. Here’s why we don’t buy it.
To Einstein, nature had to be rational. But quantum physics showed us that there was not always a way to make it so.
Einstein tried to disprove quantum mechanics. Instead, a weird concept called entanglement showed that Einstein was wrong.
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer’s suggestive simulation.
Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
There’s no escaping the death of loved ones. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless in the wake of loss.
Uncertainty is inherent to our Universe.
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they’re used properly.
UAP are no laughing matter anymore.
There are nearly 100 towns named “Troy.”
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.
Here’s what it means for the field.
“Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications.” —Tony Blair
In terms of sheer productivity, “-gate” has no peer. Wikipedia’s list of -gates has over 260 entries.
Diplomacy is war by other means.