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Laughing is so contagious that we often forget how subjective humor is.

Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.

Climate activists' brand of iconoclasm is far removed from the Beeldenstorm that swept medieval Europe.

Antidepressants can help alleviate PTSD symptoms when paired with psychotherapy, but does our overenthusiasm for them blind us to more effective alternatives?

In the 1980s, some wardens started painting their cells with a shade of pink dubbed "Baker-Miller Pink."

Ideas often taken for granted in the United States and Europe about what it means to be a person are, quite simply, not shared with other cultures.

Is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch a condemnation of sin or a celebration of hedonism? Art historians still aren’t sure.

What responsibility do social media companies like Twitter have to free speech? It depends on whether they are "landlords" or "publishers."

The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.

Even with all the recent impacts we've seen, it might be more "foe" than "friend" to us.

With sodium-sensitive eyes, we’d see it every new Moon. With no detectable gases, the Moon appears to be atmosphere-free. The Moon as seen from a view above the majority of Earth’s […]

We have to use the right definition for the specific question we’re asking. When it comes to the Universe, we frequently characterize objects by examining and reporting on their physical […]

For some philosophers, hope is a second-rate way of relating to reality.

Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as this week.

It’s 92 billion light-years wide after just 13.8 billion years. And that’s just fine. If there’s one rule that people know about how fast things can move, it’s that there’s a […]

For the first time in many years, there’s currently a comet visible to the naked eye in Earth’s night sky: comet NEOWISE. For the first time in many years, there’s currently […]

Expert opinion is divided on how effective riots can be on causing social change. However, these five examples show they can do something.

One study says reduce red meat consumption; another says enjoy. Which should we believe?

It’s true that we have a thermodynamic arrow of time, and entropy always increases. But that can’t explain what we perceive. One of the enormous conceptual ideas that came along […]

Technology holds the promise of a better future, but our footprint on the planet threatens to undo all our dreams and progress. It’s pretty easy to look at the world […]

What's next for the nation's opioid cases?

It’s the largest, most massive planet in the Solar System. But what’s the real story behind all the impacts on Jupiter? One of the most terrifying prospects here on Earth is […]

He goes on and on about ideology, but what does it mean?

Forget the speed of light or the electron’s charge. This is the physical constant that really matters. Why is our Universe the way it is, and not some other way? There […]

It’s the technique, from the Event Horizon Telescope, that brought us a black hole’s image. Here’s how it works. The Event Horizon Telescope has accomplished what no other telescope or telescope […]

The key to Finland's success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.

If you think you have problems today, be glad you’re not moving at the speed of light. Special relativity, even though it’s over 100 years old, is still one of the […]

On September 27, 1972, scientists performed the first test of Bell’s inequality. God does play dice with the Universe, after all. One of the most puzzling and counterintuitive aspects of quantum […]

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that Google is deliberately manipulating its algorithms to shut out conservative media outlets from news search results.

The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]