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When I was a teenager and music was still on cassettes, a mixtape was an act of love. In this episode, I'm putting together some of my favorite moments of 2019, strung together with minimal interruption from me.
When people learn the Universe is expanding, they want to know where the center is. The ‘answer’ isn’t what they expect. There are two things that people learn about the Universe […]
We often discuss what the minimum wage does to the economy, but rarely do we discuss what it does to people.
Do you know the implicit biases you have? Here are some ways to find them out.
Experts are saying it's a "huge step forward for synthetic biology."
The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.
Lovers deadlier than gangsters, first comprehensive Danish homicide study since 1970s shows
Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.
Stronger than the LHC and faster than anything except light, the world’s cleverest particle detector sees the particles we could never create on Earth. It might be true that there’s an […]
Reviewing the conflagration within Central Africa.
Can we ever be really sure we've learned everything about nature?
Electron-positron or proton-proton colliders are all the rage. But the unstable muon might be the key to unlocking the next frontier. If you want to probe the frontiers of fundamental […]
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.
The water tower-shaped craft is an early prototype of Starship, which SpaceX hopes will someday send humans to Mars.
The FAA is not amused by flame-throwing drones.
Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.
In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.
When we split something into its most fundamental, indivisible components, are we truly seeing something that’s point-like, or is there a finite minimum size? Imagine that you wanted to know what […]