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The top of Mauna Kea is the ideal physical site for this new, ready-to-be-built telescope. But that’s far from the only concern. For many years, astronomers have looked forward to a […]
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Mother Nature and the laws of physics have a death warrant out for humanity, says Michio Kaku. Can we escape it?
Scientists continue to learn more about this class of plant chemicals that's known to have extraordinary health benefits.
The startling discovery comes from researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey.
President Trump has called for Silicon Valley to develop digital precogs, but such systems raise efficacy concerns.
Doomsday prophesies have never once come to pass, but they’ve never had science on their side like this before. Every year, the Earth completes an orbital revolution around the Sun, returning […]
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Todd McLeod, the founder of Greater Commons, has a 12-step plan to transform higher education in the U.S., improve our lives, and improve society.
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Some nations can't afford to make climate change a political issue.
Russia urges villagers to leave nuclear fallout area and then tells them to come back.
Erik Verlinde has been compared to Einstein for completely rethinking the nature of gravity.
The synthetic chemicals — called PFAS — never break down naturally.
Atheism doesn't offer much beyond non-belief, can secular humanism fill the gaps?
This modern therapy technique has been shown to be effective and easy to learn — could teaching it to students help cut off a growing mental health crisis?
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Silicon Valley started as a Republican stronghold. How did it turn so liberal?
The question is no longer "can we" but "should we" edit human embryos.
Could procrastination actually be a form of self-protection?
Mastering the Art of Sales and Persuasion: Ask the Right Questions to Elevate Motivation with Dan Pink, Author, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us In this lesson, Dan Pink teaches […]
All protons have the same exact mass as every other proton. For particles like the Higgs boson, this isn’t true. One of the most puzzling aspects of quantum physics is how […]
The third in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.