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Can understanding science make pop culture better, and can understanding pop culture make science more interesting? Absolutely.
LHC researchers discover a double-heavy set of quarks that may reveal new insights into the strong force.
Scientists solve the mystery of why 2000-year-old Roman concrete still stands strong.
A new study correlates personality type with sleeping position, with infographics
Someday, the Sun will heat up enough to boil our planet’s oceans. Could moving the entire Earth away save us? “I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn’t boil […]
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Jennifer Doudna, the CRISPR co-creator, says that the genie of genetic engineering might be hard to put back in the bottle.
A new C is coming to the C-suite: The Chief Robotics Officer, or CRO. Do I hear laughter or detect an eye roll? Think again. The bots are coming. Business […]
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Actor and author Alan Alda on the art of communication (for good and evil), social anxiety, the mind of a billionaire, and more. 
Just by looking at satellite images, AI can predict your income bracket, and tell us what wealth and poverty look like from space.
People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.
‘Let there be light’ isn’t just biblical. It’s science. “By its very nature science knows no boundaries. Walling off any group, for any reason, from full participation damages the entire enterprise […]
The event brought scholars and comedians together to take a look at what’s funny and why.   
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Your brain stops at the most comforting thought. The truth is somewhere beyond that. Using scientific skepticism as a guide, astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss outlines the questions that critical thinkers ask themselves.
Your resting expression may reveal your socio-economic status.
Studies using advanced space telescopes paint a fascinating picture of our early universe.   
New research on Uranus' magnetosphere could help scientists learn about distant systems, and refine the ways they search for alien life.
Great teamwork in any industry is built on trust and communication. Without effective communication techniques, vital information might get missed or misinterpreted. This can bring work to a halt, interrupt […]
When a phenomenon moves from “empirical correlation” to “theoretically explained,” that’s one of the biggest deals in science! “Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of […]
An interactive periodic table with pictures makes it easy to see how each element is used.