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How can we make the internet a better place for kids? Google has just released a free program called Be Internet Awesome to educate kids on phishing, passwords, media literacy, and being kind online. Will it help?
Mathematicians are working to combat partisan gerrymandering.
Research on varied forms of intermittent fasting is proving to be of value.
Designed by two MIT professors, this build-it-yourself kit teaches kids to "think with their hands" in an effort to bolster STEM skills early on.
Think the periodic table is complicated? Now learn how each element in it was created. “It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order […]
Astronomers make the first direct observation of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
An Australian dog was accepted to the editorial board of numerous scientific journals and asked to peer review papers.
Six destructive myths about depression and why they’re not true.
Giant fans start capturing CO2 from the air as the world's first commercial carbon capture plant goes live.
You know what a black hole is, and we’ve found a few so far. But oh, are there ever so many more out there! “Black holes are the seductive dragons of […]
Researchers may have discovered the oldest homo sapiens yet, in Morocco.
The study had some interesting findings for the adult children of separated parents who were civil.
Scientists are starting to run for office to bring evidence-based reasoning back to government.
A recent study shows that NBA players performed worse in games where they had spent the previous night staying up late and Tweeting.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Writer Paul Theroux on tyrannical mothers, colonizing Mars, and an important difference between humans and cockroaches.
Every star must eventually run out of fuel and die… but did you know the galaxy itself will come to an end someday? “Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, […]
We have a growing understanding of how they emotionally impact us.
In her new book, professor of psychology Lisa Feldman Barrett proposes a radical new theory of emotions.
This was the first direct measurement of gravitational waves ever, as predicted by Einstein.
New studies show that friendships more often lead to happiness in old age than family.