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The first image of an Event Horizon is here. Here’s what it means. Variety isn’t just the spice of life, but a natural consequence of living in our Universe. Gravitation, obeying […]
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is a programmer. When he got the idea to begin posting free online classes, he was able to get the basic infrastructure in place […]
The map shows the movements of seven different wolves over the course of a season.
The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.
Philosopher Alan Watts thoughts on the the all-pervading presence of nature.
We’ve never seen an image of a black hole’s event horizon before. Here’s what we’re expecting, based on what we already know. For hundreds of years, physicists have hypothesized that the […]
Might microdosing LSD and psilocybin be a safe, effective way to treat depression and other disorders?
Can you make solar power work when the sun goes down? You can, and Dubai is about to run a city that way.
They seem to have a mechanism for caring similar to ours.
Books that will sharpen the youthful mind.
New research at Carnegie Mellon University suggests a game of musical chairs.
Vitamins do work — when eaten in whole foods, not pills.
Beyond the oceans boiling and the death of our Sun, Earth’s ultimate fate won’t be determined until far in the distant future. It took the Universe 13.8 billion years to create […]
What does the power of the online mob hold for tyranny and conformity?
The film becomes the story of the making of the film. From his Monty Python days to now, Don Quixote is a metaphor for Terry Gilliam's whole career, and for his 30 year project of making a film about a film about the knight of the woeful countenance. We talk about Muppets, time, and basically everything else two humans can talk about.