Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the “least spooky” interpretation no longer works.
The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
We haven’t seen a partial eclipse lasting this long since 1440, and won’t again until 2669. North America is perfectly positioned for 2021’s.
Does the voice in your head castigate the voice coming out of a recording device?
Truth needs us to define the rules, grammar, and criteria for true statements. But can we do this within language itself?
The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
Although equal parts Hollywood blockbuster and Putinist propaganda, “Trotsky” still manages to capture the good, the bad, and the ugly of Russia’s revolutionary past.
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
Although most of the Universe’s mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can’t make black holes.
Isn’t more sleep always better?
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.
The latest gravitational wave data from LIGO and Virgo finally shows us the truth: there are no “gaps” in the masses of black holes.
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
Based on the atoms that they’re made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here’s why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.
Even some philosophers don’t think highly of philosophy, but we need it now more than ever.