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We love a good heist movie, but our favorite part is not the caper. It’s building the team. The brilliant thief—just out of jail to do one more job, he […]
No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]
A new theory suggests that dreams' illogical logic has an important purpose.
In "The Immortality Key," Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.
Textual analysis of social media posts finds users' anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.
You might be inclined to modify gravity instead, but those ideas have grossly unequal evidence supporting them. What is it, exactly, that you’re supposed to do when the predictions of […]
The compound found in "magic mushrooms" has significant and fast-acting impact on the brains of rats.
Having grown kids still at home is not likely to do you, or them, any permanent harm.
The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.
Known as the ‘North Star,’ Polaris won’t stay that way forever. Planet Earth spins a full 360°, about its axis, every 24 hours. The Earth in orbit around the Sun, with […]
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The "lone genius" often gets the credit for big ideas, but real-world innovation is a team sport.
A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.
Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
All the fun of opening up a mummy, without the fear of unleashing a plague.
Christmas was banned in 1647 and rebellions broke out across the country.
Across the world, wildlife is under severe threat.
Psychologists discover that the way the brain perceives beauty differs between art or faces.
Recent research shows that brain teasers don't make you smarter and don't belong in job interviews because they don't reflect real-world problems.
1895 map of New York City shows 'concrete socialism' in red, 'private enterprises' in white.