Unlike much of the United States, the South has a culture of honor. While this makes Southerners more polite, it’s also something of a double-edged sword.
He reminds us that meaning is wherever we choose to look.
When the Universe gives us clues, we ignore them at our own peril. When you approach the world scientifically, you seek to gain knowledge about how it works by asking it […]
China is testing electronic monitoring of students’ attention levels.
“We inject one tumor and we see all of the other tumors just melt away.”
A long-ridiculed theory about humankind’s early leap of consciousness is revived.
The new fossil offers insight into when whales returned to the oceans millions of years ago.
A new experiment shows that two observers can experience divergent realities (if they go subatomic).
Elite organizations tend to get conspiracy theorists going.
“Think R2D2,” Walmart wrote in a press release. Others are thinking “layoffs.”
If parallel Universes or the multiverse are real, we might someday encounter a visitor who hails from another one. Here’s what to do. There are a lot of things that are […]
“Beresheet” is first privately-funded space ship ever to make a lunar touchdown
The Taoist idea of wu wei is deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Often translated as “non-doing” or “non-action,” it’s an effortless state in which you’re not explicitly aware of yourself […]
We assume that life is ubiquitous in the Universe. But what if it’s just us? When it comes to the question of extraterrestrial life, humans optimistically assume the Universe is prolific. […]
It’s often said that every element was made in a star, but there’s more to it than that.
2019 is on track to becoming a record-high year for measles cases in the U.S.
Sisu is an ancient concept that is an integral part of Finland’s national character.
Journalist Ronan Farrow says he’s not a great negotiator, but he’s certainly had a unique opportunity to see how one works. Just out of law school, he was recruited by […]
What should a black hole look like? Our theoretical predictions are about to meet our first observations. In science, there’s no moment more exciting than when you get to confront […]
The health care payment system is due for a major overhaul.
The 2020 presidential candidate said companies like Amazon should “pay their fair share” as automation begins to displace human workers.
Polls show that more Americans today define socialism as an ideology of “equality” than one espousing government control of the economy.
But we already knew that, didn’t we?
Lauren Miranda sent a nude selfie to a boyfriend years ago. Somehow one of her students discovered it.
If you think we’ve done a great job with planet-finding so far, just wait until you learn what’s possible with microlensing! When we think about finding planets in the Universe, […]
Imagine you had perfect technology and unlimited fuel. How far could you go? Human spaceflight has brought us beyond Earth, but we could potentially venture even farther. The very first launch […]
Don’t get too excited, there is a catch to the study.
Love + fear = awe. And awe can inspire the best and the worst in us. From 100,000 wild tigers a century ago, we’re down to around 5,000. Oscar winner Ross Kauffman’s TIGERLAND tells the story of the lengths some will go to to protect them.
In all the Universe, there’s only one Earth. But can we find the other worlds that are like ours? Even though the ingredients for life have been confirmed to be practically […]
The artifact will be opened on Sunday, for the first time in millennia, at an undisclosed location in Egypt.