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It's easy to imagine why people link Heath Ledger's death to his treacherous penultimate role.
Dividing students according to their abilities has little effect on learning and further entrenches socio-economic inequality. Is it time to stop?
With 14 Tony nominations, HADESTOWN is redefining what a Broadway musical can be. Its creator, songwriter/singer Anaïs Mitchell sits down with Jason Gots to talk about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, making old things new, and leaving her songwriting cave (temporarily) for the theater.
The whole should equal the sum of its parts, but doesn’t. Here’s why. The whole is equal to the sum of its constituent parts. That’s how everything works, from galaxies to […]
It might be the biggest conundrum facing cosmology today. But perhaps it’s not a controversy; it might be a clue. https://soundcloud.com/ethan-siegel-172073460/starts-with-a-bang-44-the-expanding-universe/ One of the biggest conundrums in the Universe surrounds the […]
All life as we know it relies on carbon and water. But researchers speculate this doesn't have to be the case.
Research suggests that people with depression find sad music calming — or even uplifting.
General Relativity had to be right. Here’s how we knew. What happens to light when it passes near a large mass? Does it simply continue in a straight line, undeflected from […]
A new experiment aims to remove the psychological pressures of using Instagram.
Alternative meats are finally hitting the mainstream.
A tiny grain found within a meteorite in Antarctica sheds light on how the solar system itself came to be.
You can practically see them slipping away. Yes, they’re still in the conversation with you, at least physically, but you know: The other person has disengaged. Who knows where their […]
And why Einstein’s quest for unification was doomed from the start. If you wanted to answer the question of what’s truly fundamental in this Universe, you’d need to investigate matter and […]
If A.I.s are as smart as mice or dogs, do they deserve the same rights?
Antibiotics are often the fastest and simplest way for doctors to help their patients. But with the threat of drug-resistant bacteria, how do we stop prescribing antibiotics?
After a landslide victory, a popular comedian with no political experience becomes Ukraine's next president. Are comedians really the best leaders?
An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.