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This exoplanet is 10 times hotter than any world we measured and shaped like a football.
Artist, "bird noticer", and concerned citizen of the digital state of the world Jenny Odell looks at many different ways of resisting the attention economy, sinking into the reality of our lives, and finding solidarity and agency with others.
It’s not a question of could they, but have they? Here’s how we’ll find out. It’s no secret that fragments of asteroids, comets, and other spaceborne objects have been found here […]
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Light controls your body clock. Hack it to get better sleep.
A former employee says the company was trying to rebrand itself as "cool" and "trendy" in order to attract younger workers.
The fine Facebook just paid was huge, but many in tech say it wasn't nearly enough to protect your data.
Tiger reserves and a concentrated public effort has brought this animal roaring back to India.
They're made from stretchy, electroactive polymer films.
When it comes to cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has long been the king of the hill thanks to its status as the founder of the young industry and its first-mover appeal. A […]
From the inflationary state that preceded the Big Bang to our cold, lonely, dark energy-dominated fate, the Universe goes through six different eras. We’re living in the last one already. The […]
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Historian Maragaret O'Mara explains why a tech utopia was, and still might be, a pipe dream.
Outrage culture is causing provocative issues to be pushed out of public discourse and important artworks to be literally white-washed. Teaching civil discourse at universities is key to sustaining the American experiment.
Charles Koch Foundation
Everyone in the United States will soon have a chance to try plant-based burgers.
Have you ever noticed how almost all robots are racialized as white?
The dream of space travel has been usurped by superficiality.
Fionn Ferreira will receive $50,000 for winning Google's annual student competition.
A star orbiting past our galaxy’s supermassive black hole offered a chance to test relativity as never before. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is the […]
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Like it or not, most jobs still require some kind of secondary degree. PeerForward is working with low-income communities to ensure that students aren't excluded based on their zip code.
Lumina Foundation
Any other Earths out there?