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The massive black holes that formed LIGO’s first event were a surprise, and then a mystery. Here’s the long-awaited solution! “Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a […]
Michio Kaku tells the story of one super-scary mistake in physics and reminds us how hard it is to get science right.
Neil deGrasse Tyson proposed an ideal form of government and caused a viral debate.
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Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans in War, talks about ear cuffs, a new military-grade technology that will help soldiers preserve their hearing and minimize deafness and hearing disability among veterans.
The U.K. has voted to leave the European Union, but here are the scenarios in which it stays in.
A new method has been shown effective in halting, even reversing Alzheimer’s in 10 early-stage patients.
The gun industry is in the business of selling its products. Exploiting our belief system is part of its corporate model.
And the wisdom from an exclusive interview with Larry Niven. Ever since humanity had the thought that the distant, twinkling stars might be Suns like our own, with their own planetary […]
Now that LIGO’s found two pairs of merging black holes, what does the future hold? “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to […]
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This week, Bill Nye the Science Guy talks about the chances of winning the lottery, and re-frames the system as a tax on the people who can least afford it.
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If you can't break through a wall, you climb over it. Janna Levin, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, points to three genius scientists who embraced limitations.
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Rob Bell examines the two responses to our rapidly changing world, covering politics, the internet, tribalism and race relations.
Many of our best U.S presidents qualify as psychopaths, while Hitler doesn’t.
The New York Times claimed that aliens must have existed at some point. But science is less certain. “There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve […]
Plato wasn't worried that democracy tended to lead to Donald Trump-style tyranny (despite what Andrew Sullivan claims). Here's what he was really concerned about.
The faithless and feminine have taken control over the battle of the Seven Kingdoms.
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Imagination Institute's Scott Barry Kaufman talks brain networks - daydreaming, how to have better ideas, and the left-brained vs. right-brained myth.
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This week, Bill Nye the Science Guy weighs in on the reality of the timeless superhero wish, how not to break your legs while trying comic book moves, and the human virtues of Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker.
Over 300,000 light years long, a new record! “Mozart’s music is like an X-ray of your soul — it shows what is there, and what isn’t.” -Isaac Stern From 500 million light years […]
A new study highlights the new ethical dilemmas caused by the rise of robotic and autonomous technology, like self-driving cars.