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The programs are long and intense, the creativity and relationships aspect of the vocation has been eroded, there is pervasive negativity in the media, and comparatively poor salary and working conditions.
Space X successfully launches TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite a.k.a. "The Planet Hunter." NASA will use it to search for planets that may support extraterrestrial life.
SpaceX recently secured about $507 million in new funding. Based on recent statements, SpaceX will put that cash toward three ambitious projects.
Earth is old enough to have been home to other industrialized civilizations so far back in the past we have no idea they were there. What we’ll leave behind may offer clues of what we could look for as evidence.
Kakistocracy is rule by the worst, but who are the worst? A better question, how do we know?
Churches and religious organizations are tax-exempt. Should they continue to get such a benefit?
These sober maps have a chilling topic: the prevalence of lynchings throughout the U.S. from 1930 to 1938.
After generations of speculations, we’ve finally got the images that tell us the full story. Some 4.5 billion years ago, our Sun and Solar System were born from a collapsing cloud […]
What do Google, sharks, and money have in common? They're all in our weekly random fact roundup.
The scales are not in favor for the most religious among us.
April 20, 4:20 in stoner folklore, is a day of celebration—as well as a 12 percent increase in fatal car crashes.
NASA is developing something called an X-Plane that could potentially bring back supersonic speeds to the skies.
The Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) was originally developed in the 1970s by the American psychophysiologist Stephen LaBerge.
The impact of this research could help save millions of lives each year. Only thing is, it has to be done from space.
We’ve been taking our eyebrows for granted. They may in fact be the thing that let us become the dominant species on Earth.
Hey. Remember former Speaker of the House John Boehner? The guy who famously said that he was "unalterably opposed" to legalizing marijuana? Well, now he's a huge pothead.
Does everybody really need to work? What three philosophers have to say about our dedication to finding everybody a job.
It took the Universe 9.2 billion years to create the Earth, and another 4 billion for complex life. Could we have gotten there faster? The story of how the Universe came […]
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