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These kids are living on the edge, keeping their struggle on the DL. Here's what we can do to help. 
We've heard some pretty wild excuses to avoid clean energy. This one takes the cake.
All text involves translation. Either from reality or imagination into language, or between languages. Can the language that perfectly fit physics translate every pattern under the sun? Well, nothing in physics chooses...
When we're worried, identifying with our in-groups feels safe. Demonizing others feels reassuring.
Our Sun will someday become a red giant, and then a planetary nebula + white dwarf combination. Here’s what lies between. “It will be found that those contained in one article […]
Clear skies? Go out and watch! Want a better show? Read on! “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” -Walt Whitman When it comes to meteor showers, most people […]
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If you wake up every day intent on being happy and exuding happiness, success will follow.
Ad blockers have given consumers a bargaining chip; let's not waste it.
A new law just passed in France has got us thinking about alternatives.
It's not just doctors armed with prescription pads and itchy trigger fingers.
Hawking’s greatest achievement is also the greatest source of misunderstanding. “Maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but only waves. It is just that […]
Anonymous targets Donald Trump for his proposed ban on allowing Muslims to enter the United States.
Always wanted the Zen, but without the meditation? Maybe drawing is your path to mindfulness.
These days it's hard to believe there is still moral beauty in the world. This is why we still want to believe, and where we can start looking.
Ice mountains, frozen nitrogen flats and surprisingly familiar features show what the outermost worlds looks like. “We’ve learned that the view of four inner rocky planets and four outer gas giants […]