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Why it’s not “the next Hubble,” but “the first James Webb.” “…because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills; because that challenge is […]
A large new study finds a relationship between consumption of hot red peppers and mortality.
Important new research on the right amount of screen time for teens. A Large-Scale Test of the Goldilocks Hypothesis: Quantifying the Relations Between Digital-Screen Use and the Mental Well-Being of Adolescents, tested the theory that instead of a linear relationship between teen screen-time and harm, there was an amount that was just right.
A global risk report by the World Economic Forum lists populism and social division among the top five trends that will determine global markets in 2017 and beyond.
Louise Tarrant argues less work is not weakness, but a sign of prosperity and a necessity to the coming automation.
More than 630 companies are calling out President-elect Donald Trump in an open letter. It asks him to keep the promises the United States made during the Paris Agreement and move us closer to a low-carbon economy.
Only a few galaxies exhibit this green glow in the nearby Universe. At early times, it’s practically all of the brightest ones. “The discovery that young galaxies are so unexpectedly […]
New research reveals that people find those who use profanity more honest and trustworthy.
Astrophysicist Michael J. I. Brown offers some guidelines for identifying fake or bad science.
Russian government officials propose legislation to ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2015.
A minister misspeaks - and accidentally creates an entire Latin American country
Research being done with brain organoids ("mini brains" deriving from cells, such as teeth) from those with autism and Williams syndrome is providing insight into what makes humans social.
A new nonprofit organization aims to elect more scientists to the U.S government.
As if antibiotic resistant bacteria weren’t enough of a worry, a recently published paper outlines a newly developed resistance mechanism in mosquitos as well.
Students at an English university have demanded that their curriculum be "decolonized". What does that mean?
And just what did come before — way before — the Big Bang? “We are part of the universe that has developed a remarkable ability: We can hold an image of the world in our […]
Bradley Tusk is the founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings. In conversation with Data4America, he discusses fighting regulatory battles for Uber and other disruptive companies.
Anti-vaxxers may have a friend coming into the White House, and medical experts are worried.
Hilarious examples that prove how correlation does not equal causality.
Scientists in the UK have even identified four cases of "chronic déjà vu."