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Of the millions of substances people encounter daily, health researchers have focused on only a few hundred. Those in the emerging field of exposomics want to change that.

In all the Universe, only a few particles are eternally stable. The photon, the quantum of light, has an infinite lifetime. Or does it?

It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.

It’s estimated that one-in-three women and one-in-five men have an episode of major depression by the age of 65.

In the shadow of the Shard, the mosaics help paint a picture of Roman London.

Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.

The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.

It walked enough miles to nearly circle the Earth twice.

Don’t wait until Christmas to gift a telescope this year. All throughout the year, two bright lights have stood out in the post-sunset skies. Earlier this year, on March 31, 2020, […]

You’ll never have to pay for an image again.

By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.

Enjoy safe, private browsing wherever you go, for life.

A publication from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says that the Great Recession that happened 10 years ago will cost us all $70K over a lifetime because of lost GDP.

In 1987, the nearest supernova seen in nearly four centuries lit up Earth’s skies. Here’s what it looks like today. “When a star goes supernova, the explosion emits enough light to […]

A fascinating international study takes a look at what the average person does in a lifetime, broken down by days and percentages.

On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will cross the USA. Start planning for it now. “Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see […]

The incredible story of the record-breaking red planet’s rover. “In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.”–John Archibald Wheeler Sometimes, things get difficult. Sometimes, there are challenges […]

Buy from a double A rated insurance company, a lifetime annuity, that will pay you for as long as you live. 

A nonprofit dedicated to researching the science and technology needed to travel vast distances across the cosmos says lasers can be used to harvest antimatter from the vacuum of space. 

In June of this year, you can see Venus pass across the surface of the sun. The event, which will not occur again until 2117, will help planet hunters to find foreign worlds similar to Earth. 

Ah retirement…you know the vision – vistas of long beaches, fairways, sunsets with umbrella drinks. Baloney. This imagery worked as an ideal for those who thought they might retire early […]

Joined by MIT AgeLab‘s Katie Godfrey, Ihad the pleasure of being on NBC ‘s Today Show this week. NBC’s Peter Alexander visited the AgeLab to take a new look at old […]

I’ve been nominated for a few Edublog Awards this year, including Best Individual Blog, Lifetime Achievement, and Best Leadership Blog (a nonexistent category!). I’m flattered that some folks think I’m worthy […]

What prompted the skeptic’s public crusades against Uri Geller, Sylvia Browne, and other self-proclaimed mystics?

James Bowman writes in the Wall Street Journal today that, beginning next month, the College Board will allow high-school students who have taken the SATs multiple times to submit only […]

Getting away from stuffy French food.

Yoshino talks through the malleability of the Constitution, notably how homosexuality has become an issue of liberty rather than equal protection.

George still remembers the KKK jokes.

Philippe Cayla of EuroNews on the evolution of post-War Europe.

Time has created a gender balance in the kitchen.