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Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
A free and happy bird does not pace the room.
Newton's gravitational constant, G, is still known to just 3 significant figures in 2026. New measurements merely highlight our uncertainty.
As mental health diagnoses become more common and expansive, the labels meant to help us understand our suffering may instead oversimplify it.
In 2006, the IAU defined "planet" for the first time, excluding Pluto and all other dwarf planets. In 2026, is it now time for a change?
Your to-do list isn't a debt to pay off. It's a menu to choose from.
How leaders destroy meaning (without realizing it).
Gaeilge is trending culturally. So why is it, according to census data, also dying?
The AI energy debate focuses on supply — but smarter planning could deliver more computing from the same megawatts.
Cadence
From within our own galaxy to behemoths billions of light-years away, supermassive black holes create jets like nothing else in the cosmos.
Long before today's debates, immigration was already transforming the American accent into something distinctively its own.
A meditation on how our obsession with speed and productivity undermines our health, relationships, and chances for lasting success.
From Swedish playgrounds to American kitchens, how we design our spaces broadcasts our priorities and can help spark broader cultural shifts.
It takes incredible energies to accelerate masses near the speed of light. So how do the farthest galaxies speed away from us so quickly?
In 2006, Pluto was controversially demoted to "dwarf planet" by the IAU. Unless you ignore most of astrophysics, it won't ever be one again.
Behavioral scientist Danny Kenny on the simple power of asking, "What is this actually for?"
These initially sympathetic characters take readers down a dark path.
From WEIRD psychology to SHIT telescopes, researchers keep turning complex ideas into catchy shorthand.
Middle managers make or break employee engagement. Here are the four capabilities L&D needs to prioritize.
The first colliding galaxy cluster to reveal dark matter, empirically, turns 20 this year. Here's why it cements dark matter's existence.