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Our special place on the planet becomes harder to stomach the more we destroy it. 

One controversial aspect, O’Neill says the FDA should only regulate drugs for safety, not efficacy.   

NASA debuted its own Giphy channel packed with gifs of the their missions and research.

Harvard bioethicist Glenn Cohen knows in his gut that sex and sexual reproduction are areas of human life that involve moral dilemmas. But when it comes to resolving those dilemmas and taking action, he recognizes the need to "go beyond the gut."

A Cornell University professor believes he has our food, climate, and fuel revolution answered all with one organism: microalgae.   

Merging black holes are some of the most extreme events in the Universe. Could a modified event horizon reveal quantum gravity? “The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification […]

The newest wave in ethics is also the oldest.

Elon Musk shared his thoughts on the future of jobs and the government's role in a rapidly changing society.

Any story we tell of our species, any science of human nature, that ignores how important stories are in shaping what and how we think and feel is false. We evolved to be ultra-social (and self-deficient), so we care deeply about character and plot.  

Facebook can flip your digital identity on and off at the switch; that is way too much power for any corporation to have, says Oliver Luckett — and we handed it to them.

Only two things will change the minds of science skeptics: appeals to their ego, or their wallets.

Building a close relationships with your adolescent may seem like the most difficult task but it is one of the most important ones.

It's time we talked about working less. While some argue that we shorten the working week, others favor cutting out pointless, time-filler jobs altogether.     

Our universe is flat, geometrically. But what exactly does "flat" mean?

When black holes stop eating, galaxies fade away. “I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food.” -Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Most large galaxies are […]

An ancient philosophy is becoming popular again thanks to author Ryan Holiday.

“Memory is a poet,” Marie Howe once remarked, “not an historian.” When it comes to fake news, our minds can be easily and permanently misled. 

Safeguards must be put into place before a Minority Report scenario crops up.  

Delicious. But how do you pronounce it?

The just-passed federal Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act makes it illegal for ticket scalpers to acquire tickets using software bots.