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Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists' attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
We're at risk of mistaking the music for the piano in using a “jump to the gene” approach to biology. It's time for a more fitting view of genes to evolve.
A new report highlights the increasing violence faced by environmental activists around the world.
Poop, soup, books — repeat. Who could forget that montage? Here are the key takeaways from the first episode of Game of Thrones season 7, which crashed the HBO website like wildfire taking down the Sept.
NASA is close to testing its next-generation nuclear fission reactors that would power a Mars colony and propel space exploration.
Nothing has ever come closer than NASA’s Voyager 1, nearly 40 years ago. Last week, all that changed. “Juno will peer hundreds of miles downward into the atmosphere with its microwave […]
Can we ensure robots are greeted into society without people getting that sinking feeling?
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Haggling over a number? That's a terrible way for people to negotiate, says Harvard International Negotiation Project head honcho Dan Shapiro.
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Populism won two big votes in 2016, while the global worldview suffered… well… "big league". But how did we get to this big discord? And can populism and globalization ever get along?
The four fundamental forces might have been just a single, unified one in the very early Universe. Could that be true? “Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves […]
19% of American soldiers returned from Vietnam addicted to heroin. 95% of them recovered without relapse. How?
Research on ghost sightings reveal underlying manifestations that affect us in weird ways.
Psychopathy and sadism play a prominent role among those who choose to take it up.
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Authors Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland on blurring the lines between science and magic.
Lord Rees on “speculative physics," the limits of the observable universe, and more.
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Former tennis pro James Blake makes a case for transparency in police departments.
Perhaps moving the entire planet into a different orbit could help us avoid the boiling of the oceans. It's unorthodox, but not entirely off-the-wall, says astrophysicist Ethan Siegel.
Scientists have developed a new Vitamin-A enriched banana that could help solve world hunger problems.
The REV can collect and melt 5 tons of plastic a day.
Falling into a black hole is forever… but could a tether to the outside pull you back out? “Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.” –Alfred A. […]