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Dark matter may be cold and collisionless, but the strange behavior of planets just might lead to its detection. “Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if […]
How likely we are to bounce back from a setback is not predetermined. Here's why, and what you can do to cultivate your inner fighter.
Lack of deep personal public concern about climate change limits the politically difficult actions governments are willing to take.
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Comedy isn't just one thing, says stand-up comic Ian Edwards. It's a number of things, each of which are distinctly important.
The brain behind these shelters is Industrial Designer Johan Karlsson, designing what he described as an “incremental modification to existing refugee shelters.”
In a future full of distracted drivers, cars will need a way to communicate with the outside world.
As it turns out, assessing long-term risk/reward ratio isn't our strong suit.
The NSA's ability to get records from telecommunications companies just changed, and that's a good thing.
A drug is going into human testing that could prevent rapid aging.
The best-selling Christmas toy embodies and encourages acceptance of surveillance as a necessary aspect of modern life.
An update on the star 1,480 light-years away that gave us hope we weren't alone in the universe.
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Today's #TuesdaysWithBill answer serves as affirmation to grandparents everywhere.
We're in for a lot of weird weather.
Early reports are optimistic.
Looking for a discount on guns and dope? Cyber Monday deals come to Darknet.
“I'm sorry Dave; I'm afraid I can't do that.”
When two of the largest cosmic structures crash together, the effects show up everywhere. Everywhere, that is, but the dark matter. “It may be that ultimately the search for dark matter […]
The picture is real, but the UFO explanation? Surely we can do better. “It’s almost like I feel I’m just moving there, and I’m not coming back.”–Scott Kelly On his 233rd […]
Robert Dear's murders at a Planned Parenthood are only the latest in a long string of terrorist attacks by Americans.
If they eat everything they come in contact with, how do quasars shine so bright? “Twinkle, twinkle quasi-star.Biggest puzzle from afar.How unlike the other ones.Brighter than a billion suns.Twinkle, twinkle, quasi-star.How […]