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Could the secret to understanding gravity be held in reducing, not increasing, the number of dimensions? This article is written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in […]
The 2016 Presidential election, between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump, will be the first without key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act to stop voter disenfranchisement.
A new study reports that political language is becoming more partisan and polarized. How is this new and what effects might this have on our republic?
While progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms behind consciousness, a seemingly limitless neuronal interaction makes discovering a point of origin challenging.
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Cast off your Luddite gloom. The Internet is simply the greatest thing to ever happen to the world. It incorporates every element of art, culture, and ingenuity, taking humanity to a wholly new era.
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Colonizing Mars is a romantic notion but if it was possible, how would our bodies hold up and how would future generations evolve on a lower-gravity planet?
How the bulge, disk, and halo stars of Andromeda reveal lessons we cannot see about our own galaxy. “He who would search for pearls must dive below.” –John Dryden The Milky […]
According to neuroscience, fear is killing us.
Research into the Japanese concept of "forest bathing" offers insightful and helpful lessons on stress, health, and creativity.
Credit card debt is an increasing problem for many Americans. It seems insurmountable, but it can be overcome. It just needs to be conquered one step at a time, and […]
The Perseid meteor shower is coming, which may put you in the mindset to wonder “What causes a meteor shower?”
One group of scientists has brought attention to a possible side-effect of these deep-space missions to the moon: heart disease.
The strongest pull for hundreds of millions of light years goes toe-to-toe against the most energetic force of all. “We detect motion along this axis, but right now our data cannot […]
Nikola Tesla, one of history's most celebrated inventors, has an unexpected connection to the current U.S. Elections.
The map of Spain is tattooed into the Catalan landscape, as indelible streets and avenues
Many predictions by Nikola Tesla, one of the world's most celebrated inventors, have already come true and some might in the near future.
The movement's members demanded the voting rights for women and advocated against gender discrimination in political and economic life.
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Emma Seppälä, Ph.D explains the flaws of multitasking, and how meditation can help you achieve mental clarity, increase productivity and even up your levels of charm.
Americans are as divided as ever, and we may not even agree on what freedom is anymore. The ideas of Isaiah Berlin may shed some light on the subject.
And it doesn’t mean we should give up, but it does mean we’ve got a lot of work to do! “‘Star Trek’ says that it has not all happened, it has […]