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Dr. Christopher Watson explains the barriers to finding another haven for human life.
The Black Mambas regularly face unpredictable safari animals and heavily armed poachers.
With self-driving cars as well as other new tech, Apple and Google maintain starkly different corporate values with regard to transparency.
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And now for something totally different...
For the 1960s generation, however, “the day the music died” was July 25, 1965 — the day when Bob Dylan crashed the 1965 Newport Folk Festival stage with an electric guitar in front of him and rock band behind him to rip into a loud, raucous version of his new hit, “Like a Rolling Stone.”
Donald Trump is the topic of our national conversation, and the reason for his popularity seems to revolve around his distaste for political correctness—but why do we love that?
Inside the huge star-forming region filled with hot, new stars, Hubble takes us on an unforgettable tour. “This method of viewing the heavens seems to throw them into a new […]
That picture of you at the Royal Observatory astride the Greenwich Meridian? It's a lie.
In Inside Out, this summer’s fantastic Pixar film about the fraught emotional landscape of childhood, a girl named Riley gets hauled away from her idyllic life in Minnesota to a […]
Ever wanted to push your body’s limits, even without a partner/spotter? Technology has finally caught up to your ambitions! Note: I’ve received a number of questions about this post. This […]
One of the planet's most well-known car cities is gearing for a transportation reboot.
College campuses have become a breeding ground of intolerance and shame — vigilant liberalism is destroying free speech.
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What's the best way to help someone with PTSD? Understand it.
Or if it were perfectly smooth, instead, could we have still had stars and galaxies by today? “First, you should check out my house. It’s, like, kinda lame, but way […]
Meet the man who's offering the gateway drug to get everyone on board with Elon Musk's solar-fueled future.
Researchers at MIT want to build a compact fusion reactor that could potentially produce near inexhaustible energy by the end of the decade.
While the world's most popular cryptocurrency has allowed for an innovative new approach to online transactions, it's also emboldened criminals to develop creative new ways to skirt the law.
Have you been enjoying the wonders that the skies offer? If you haven’t caught the Perseid meteor shower yet, don’t despair that the peak was Thursday morning; remember that Friday […]
Can we rely on Adam Smith's "invisible hand" to lead markets to "the best" overall outcome? Darwin's insights say no.
Consider the octopus: a creature, researchers say, unlike anything here on Earth.