Why the Lunar South Pole Is Our Next Important Step
The lunar south pole is a treasure trove of science, rife with resources, and will be our springboard to the rest of the solar system.
Read moreThe lunar south pole is a treasure trove of science, rife with resources, and will be our springboard to the rest of the solar system.
Read moreA handful of bills currently in the halls of Congress might finally bring long-awaited regulatory clarity for Bitcoin and other cryptos.
Read moreUganda’s persecution of the LGBTQ community clearly meets the definition of crimes against humanity.
Read moreScott Lively is one of many evangelical activists pushing hate in Uganda and other African nations.
Read moreThe Quantum World Is Weird, and Now It Seems Even Crazier Than We Thought Our brains evolved to understand a
Read moreBrain enhancement substances have exploded in popularity. But are they a scam? What does the science say?
Read moreAspartame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose make concerning changes to your microbiome, according to new research.
Read moreBecause days are inexplicably becoming longer, we might need the unprecedented negative leap second, but it could break the internet.
Read moreSome insects can “smell” cancerous cells, possibly leading to new devices for early detection.
Read moreAfter standing strong for more than 300 years, Newton’s law of universal gravitation might need an update.
Read moreWe just can’t figure out dark matter. It solves a lot of cosmological mysteries, yet it continues to elude some of our best predictions.
Read moreAs a response to a recent wave of book banning, Chaz Stevens wants to ban the Bible. He might have a point.
Read moreErnie Chambers isn’t crazy. He just had something to say about religion and the court system.
Read moreIn the last century, nearly half the American population has been exposed to toxic levels of lead, collectively reducing our IQ by 824 million points.
Read moreResearchers from Dartmouth can now use AI to analyze a person’s social media history to determine the likelihood of having an emotional disorder.
Read moreA majority of pro-life Americans are willing to help friends and family get an abortion, while opposing it for others.
Read moreScientists can now measure gravity’s effect on quantum particles, helping to reconcile Einstein’s Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
Read moreGerman scientists can now store the Sun’s energy in a jar and release it when needed as clean-burning hydrogen gas.
Read moreModern science is slowly rediscovering how psychedelic substances can treat an array of mental illnesses.
Read moreSolar is growing rapidly, but producers are running out of aluminum, a not so carbon-friendly material.
Read moreWhere someone is on the political spectrum has a lot to do with their psychological profile.
Read more1.3 million people died from antibiotic-resistance infections in 2019, making it the 3rd leading cause of global deaths and sounding the alarm for medical professionals.
Read moreOne of the many possible solutions to the Fermi Paradox, the dark forest hypothesis suggests that we haven’t heard from
Read moreUp until relatively recently, it was common practice for companies to receive cash windfalls when their employees died, among many other unethical benefits.
Read moreThe Parker Solar Probe was the first to enter the Sun’s corona, where temperatures are well over a million degrees. It emerged unscathed.
Read moreIn the wealthiest country in the history of the world, 1 in 8 people are food insecure due largely to rising healthcare costs.
Read moreThe FDA approved the medications gemfibrozil and retinoic acid decades ago for other uses, but now scientists believe they can reverse Alzheimer’s disease.
Read moreTrump blamed bad trade deals for the loss of American jobs, so he waged a trade war with China. It didn’t go well.
Read moreRace-norming is blatant racism, and it’s being used to award Black players with less compensation for their brain injuries.
Read moreA Chilean scientist believes manipulating extremophile bacteria to eat metal can save the environment from mining waste.
Read moreThe extraordinarily dense insides of neutron stars serve up large portions of the strongest known substances: quantum spaghetti, lasagna, bucatini, gnocchi, and waffles for dessert.
Read moreThe lead-crime hypothesis suggests that rates of childhood lead exposure mimic crime rates roughly 20 years later.
Read moreThe US Founding Fathers were certainly religious, but most questioned the Bible, the intervention of God in the affairs of man, and even the divinity of Christ.
Read moreTexas Republicans overhauled state election laws, adding unnecessary barriers for marginalized voters and undermining the basic tenets of democracy.
Read moreThanks to staggeringly large, high-resolution data sets, biologists can understand genetic diversity patterns across scales never before possible.
Read moreAnd they’re not good: 241,000 dead, 2.5 million displaced, $2.4 trillion spent (and counting), and a more powerful Taliban than ever before.
Read moreVaccine mandates aren’t new, they’re not a violation of your rights, they’ve been upheld by the Supreme Court, and they’re necessary to stop the pandemic. Get over it and get vaccinated.
Read moreThomas Paine, the intellectual architect of the American Revolution, made a logical and impassioned plea for providing everyone with guaranteed income.
Read moreWith a 3rd presidential term on the horizon, Washington instead chose to recede from public life and to issue a dire warning for his fledgling country.
Read moreEarning negative interest on your savings sounds strange, if not impossible, but several countries in the European Union have adopted this idea as a last resort to stimulate the economy.
Read moreHer philosophy has been roundly discredited, yet she still wields tremendous influence on virtually all aspects of society.
Read moreWhether it’s cars on the road or the beat of a heart, any movement can be converted into a safe, renewable electric current.
Read moreBitcoin has gotten a lot of hate recently because of its energy consumption and carbon footprint, but—quite counterintuitively—it might be the missing piece to a cleaner future.
Read moreLike bacteria in a Petri dish, humans might be on the road to a population collapse due to dwindling resources, overpopulation, and an increasingly contaminated environment.
Read moreA comprehensive study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) found that the worst pandemic in 100 years is twice as deadly as we’ve been told.
Read moreThe United States has become the land of conspiracy theorists. From QAnon followers to those who believe the moon landing was filmed by Stanley Kubrick on a soundstage, these people are growing in numbers, and they’re becoming increasingly resistant to logic.
Read moreBeginning in 2009, the on-going NutriNet-Santé study has collected data on nearly 200,000 participants, leading researchers to important conclusions about our diets.
Read moreMore than 300,000 low-IQ soldiers were sent to the front lines of Vietnam in a sick experiment dreamed up by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara
Read moreIt’s true that artificial intelligence is self-learning, but it still heavily relies on human interaction. So of course it’s now as horrible as we are.
Read moreIt may seem silly to wonder why it’s dark at night, but with so many stars in the universe, the night sky should be completely illuminated, a conundrum today known as Olbers’ paradox.
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