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Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It's already here.
Despite tens of millions of dollars pouring into new technologies, a 'clean' burger remains elusive.
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Looking up big, fancy words won't make your writing better. But a thesaurus can help – if you use it like this.
When two different techniques give two different results, either someone is wrong, or something incredible is happening. Imagine you were a scientist attempting to measure some property of the Universe. […]
A recent test shows SpaceX's Raptor engine is powerful enough to lift Starship and Super Heavy into space.
You won't notice much of a difference unless you're north of the 55th parallel, though.
In Shane Snow’s Big Think+ video, “Harness Your Team's Mental Toolkit,” he begins by asserting that “two heads are better than one” is a lie. Also — and as long […]
Scientists are highly skeptical, but such “cosmic wanderlust" isn't a bad thing.
The counterintuitive findings bode well for stoners, but more research is needed.
The spike in measles cases stems from three outbreaks in Washington and New York.
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Millennials, engage! It's the reason you keep losing to baby boomers.
A new study claims that dark energy is changing with time. Here’s what it would mean, if true. For the past generation, we’ve recognized that our Universe is a particularly dark […]
If a scientific study was conducted unethically, should publishers retract it?
The Canadian professor takes issue with blocking free speech, but is he part of the problem?
A network of devices called MERMAIDs is taking seismographs where they've never been.
Who would've thought that never seeing blue sky would bum you out?
African Americans have always been innovators, despite a long-discriminatory patent system.
Weather isn’t climate. The President isn’t a scientist. And physics is still real. The country is freezing in an unprecedented fashion, and global warming is to blame. Sound crazy? The cold […]
A new book about life under communism reveals an unexpected benefit.