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From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity's journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
When cosmic inflation came to an end, the hot Big Bang ensued as a result. If our cosmic vacuum state decays, could it all happen again?
Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.
A new hypothesis accuses the simple sugar of wrecking energy metabolism.
Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.
While there is more to North Korean cinema than meets the eye, the country’s film industry ultimately amounts to little more than a mouthpiece for the ruling Kim dynasty.
A study finds that sex is "moderate intensity physical activity," similar to light jogging or leisurely swimming.
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces.
We know it couldn't have began from a singularity. So how small could it have been at the absolute minimum?
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
On Sept. 23, 2020, it was reported that black licorice was the culprit in the death of a 54-year-old man.
The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.
If it wasn’t a singularity, how small could it have been? Today, when you look out in any direction as far as the laws of physics allow us to see, the […]
And what might we learn as we collect new, never-before-seen data? If you took one of history’s top scientists from 100 years ago and dropped them into today’s world, what […]
What do we want to do with convicted criminals? Penology has several philosophies waiting to answer that question.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States - but the world only remembers one.
Scientists discovered footprints made by some of the largest creatures ever to walk the Earth.
Now an insult, 'cretin' was the medical term for a debilitating disease endemic in the Alps until the early 20th century.
Isogloss cartography shows diversity, richness, and humour of the French language
Cybercriminals have a wide variety of motivations for their attacks, and, correspondingly, there are a wide variety of targets. While few of us will find ourselves in positions where we […]
In the mid-20th century, ‘physical cosmology’ was considered an oxymoronic joke. Today, it’s Nobel-winning science. Imagine you wanted to know everything you could about the Universe. You’d want to find […]
A close encounter with cosmologist James Peebles encouraged me in my scientific career.
Jim Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz just won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. It couldn’t be more well-deserved. Every year, the Nobel Prize reminds all of humanity to […]
From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.
A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research.
A picture says a thousand words.
A new AI-produced commercial from Lexus shows how AI might be particularly suited for the advertising industry.
Most people will experience feelings of deep loss and distress after a long-term relationship breakup.