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A new study on brain differences between sexes sparks a persistent question.
Renewable energy is just good business.
In my Room 101, I am this beluga: Watch. HT: Loren Beyerstein.
Commentators and advocates tend to argue that the Europe Union has taken the lead in climate policy in reaction to strong public demand across member states. Yet the reality, argues […]
If I were Obama–I would have taken a different approach after hearing about the BP Oil Spill. 1. I would have removed BP from being in charge of this operation […]
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What does 28% of the average person’s income mean?
There could be variables beyond the ones we've identified and know how to measure. But they can't get rid of quantum weirdness.
Science helps us imagine the vastness of space and time — and our small but meaningful place within it.
The Big Bang was hot, dense, uniform, and filled with matter and energy. Before that? There was nothing. Here's how that's possible.
The CMB has long been considered the Big Bang's "smoking gun" evidence. But after what JWST saw, might it come from early galaxies instead?
You don't need to be a scientist or a philosopher for facts, reality, and the truth to matter. The alternative is simply known as bullshit.
Some nebulae emit their own light, some reflect the light from stars around them, and some only absorb light. But that's just the beginning.
The founder of gourmet fast food juggernauts Pret and Itsu unpacks the meaning of success and what really inspires him.
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.
Two great philosophies — but do they work better together?
Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
It's hard to know what other people know. But it's not impossible.
In the brain's language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.
Do we actually live in a deterministic Universe, despite quantum physics? An alternative, non-spooky interpretation has now been ruled out.
It's deceptively tricky to distinguish living systems from non-living systems. Physics may be key to solving the problem.
With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
Absence makes the heart (and public opinion) grow fonder.
There are many theories of gravity out there, and many interpretations of wide binary star data. What have we really learned from it all?
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
The JWST's observations of well-developed galaxies early in universal history may coincide with accepted astronomical theory after all.
Because of dark energy, distant objects speed away from us faster and faster as time goes on. How long before every galaxy is out of reach?
Want to get ahead at work? It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it — and adaptability is essential.
Smaller family networks, more great-grandparents, and fewer cousins.
Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets — very few of which resemble Earth.