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NASA will be putting most of the research it funds online for free in policy of open access to science.
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Computer-brain interface technology is progressing faster than medical research can reliably understand how it affects human health over the longterm. Still, the technology is really cool.
An intriguing new study inspires a psychotherapist to blame strict parents for creating little liars. But is she right?
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There's a lot missing from debates and policy surrounding poverty but the biggest deficit, according to Dr C. Nicole Mason, is in honesty. Impoverished people aren't poor because they're lazy, they're poor because social mobility is institutionally suppressed.
We are only just beginning to understand how easy access to information is reshaping how we think.
Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals his political and religious views in an amusing fight with a conservative radio host.
Is virtual reality the future of gaming? They might be, if controllers like this are anything to go by.
One graph claims to show the inverting relationship between inequality and opportunity. The Great Gatsby Curve sheds light on one of the key issues of our time.
A solution to the problem of internet trolls may evolve that will protect us from them, but also from the free exchange of ideas.
“Eureka!” is not always as powerful as “that’s what I thought!” “Reality is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do with their particle accelerators. […]
The saying in coding goes: if you have to do a job more than once, automate the task. Bots will one day unburden you from these tasks.
Pascal's Wager has been betted on for three-and-a-half centuries. Was he asking the right question?
What are the arguments in favor of comprehensive immigration restrictions, what relevant ethical claims are political discourses obscuring, and how has German hip-hop formed as a result?
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George Musser explains the central role of weirdness in physics, and shatters the dreams of those who hope humans can one day tap into psychic powers.
NASA tests the engine for the most powerful rocket ever built, designed for deep-space missions.
China’s new satellite is going to attempt to create uncrackable encryption using quantum mechanics.
How they get so big so fast is a mystery. Could “direct collapse” be the solution we’re seeking? “For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most […]
Move over, cigarettes: ramen is the new king of prison currency. A new study for the American Sociological Association found that inmates are using the cheap food as currency.
Nikola Tesla predicted drones, but also predicted their awesome power would unite us all. So far, the only weapon to do that was the Atomic Bomb.
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Who are you? Good question. Harvard professor Michael Puett explores the idea of the "self", and how what you believe to be your true nature may actually just be patterns you've fallen into.