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Being ahead of the curve can be a dangerous place. These 7 thinkers were driven from their homelands over it.
Minnesota earned its 'blue mark' in the 1975 Morris earthquake, which had its epicenter in the western part of the state.
Only one dark matter detection experiment ever gave a positive result, in conflict with all the others. This could be why. For multiple generations now, it’s been apparent to astronomers that […]
We’ve come fantastically far in our understanding of the distant Universe. Here’s how we’ll go even farther. Sometime in 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will launch, deploy, and begin science […]
"I used to mountain climb… If I can't walk anymore, I'll crawl."
The Sun will eventually become a red giant star, swallowing Mercury and Venus in the process. But what will happen to Earth? There are a few existential questions we can ask […]
A recent study on monkeys found that stimulating a certain part of the forebrain wakes monkeys from anesthesia.
One in five people have ended sex because of bad bedroom talk. Here's the data and science on how to do it right.
It’s been called the biggest conundrum in all of cosmology, and recent measurements just add to the confusion. One of the most puzzling facts about the Universe is that different […]
The CDC estimates that more than 210,000 people in the U.S. have been hospitalized by the flu this season.