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Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. In early 2013, a team of scientists reported that blood on a stained handkerchief kept within […]
Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. IN 1939, INTREPID engineers at the fledgling British Interplanetary Society proposed a daring mission into outer […]
Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. It has been long thought that one of the characteristics that makes humans unique is our […]
Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. The entire idea of democracy rests upon the notion that large groups of people will, more […]
Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. Ebola is one of the scariest viruses on Earth. Along with Marburg and a few other […]
Good science allows only shakeable faiths. Its toughest test comes when new evidence meets old certainties. By that test some economics seems more art (or math masked religion) than science. […]
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts
At the Pacific Community Ventures annual conference on impact investing this past Tuesday, Executive Director Beth Sirull pointed to the leverage that PCV creates with its donations: $3,300 in grants […]
What's so special about crowdfunding is that it's not just a one way exchange. It's democratic; it's collaborative. Crowdfunding allows for an open dialogue between the project creators and their backers. […]
This appears to be a dazzling blanket made of diamonds. The Messier 5 globular star cluster has long impressed astronomers. From NASA: "Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance [Libra] & […]
Why are today’s paparazzi so terrible? The combative relationship between photojournalists and their celebrity subjects seems to have become an all-out war as photographers look to capture content not already […]
Keep politics out of science? Of course. But think what we could achieve with more science in our politics. “One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree […]
Now that spring is here, people want to start getting into better shape for the summer. Eating healthier will help you feel more energetic and boost your brain power, too. […]
“If you want people to eat healthy food it has to taste good,” says Steven Masley, a physician, nutritionist, and a trained chef. Masley is also the author of The 30-Day […]
If you're an American at all engaged with politics, you have very likely had the following conversation: You're debating a topic that's culturally and politically sensitive. You appreciate the human […]
Good afternoon, Mr. and Ms. Professional Millennial/Boomer. On today’s 21st anniversary of Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day I have a challenge for all millennials who don’t yet […]
TOKYO - Francis Fukuyama’s ambitious The End of History wasn't the only historical blunder of epic proportions when it came to foretelling the future. Here's a 1910 report drafted by Theodor von […]
Tales of hidden research, perverse incentives and profit-hungry pharmaceutical companies should give you pause before filling that prescription.
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." - Louis Pasteur
Yesterday, NASA released this image, Arp 81: 100 Million Years Later, shot by Hubble. From NASA: From planet Earth, we see this strongly distorted pair of galaxies, cataloged as Arp […]