3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Is Actually Good for the Environment
Bitcoin 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.
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Author: Chuckles Freely
Are We Approaching a Malthusian Catastrophe? Maybe, It’s Complicated
Like 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.
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New Analysis Finds COVID-19 Death Toll Is Substantially Higher Than Reported
A 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.
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This Is Why It’s Impossible to Argue With Conspiracy Theorists
The 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.
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3 Surprising Lessons From the World’s Largest Nutrition Study
Beginning in 2009, the on-going NutriNet-Santé study has collected data on nearly 200,000 participants, leading researchers to important conclusions about our diets.
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McNamara’s Misfits: That Time the US Military Used the Mentally Disabled as Cannon Fodder
More 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
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We Accidentally Turned Artificial Intelligence into a Bigot
It’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.
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Why Is the Night Sky Dark? The Profound Solution to Olbers’ Paradox
It 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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You’re Being Lied to: Environmental Regulation Actually Boosts the Economy
Data confirms that stricter environmental regulation doesn’t hurt the economy. In fact, it leads to increased capital accumulation, worker productivity,
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Isaac Asimov Was Dead Right About Our Cult of Ignorance
“The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” ― Issac Asimov
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Rocketing Towards the Dreaded Kessler Syndrome
Earth has a space junk problem. The amount of debris from the collisions of orbiting manmade objects is growing, bringing us closer to the Kessler Syndrome, in which launching new spacecraft and satellites is impossible.
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The President Isn’t Supposed to Be This Powerful
The 3 branches of the US government were designed to keep the power of the other 2 in check. However, the president’s power has slowly grown, giving one person far more control of the government than originally intended.
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Naïve Realism Explains Why Politics Is So Polarized and Toxic
Naïve realism is the psychological condition in which people believe they see the world objectively and their opponents as uneducated, biased, or illogical.
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Inside the Strange, Dangerous Mind of an American Fascist
After the insurrection on January 6th, 2021, it’s clear the United States has a fascism problem. This is how they think.
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Are Mandatory Vaccinations Unconstitutional?
With the Covid-19 vaccines being rolled out, many are refusing to get one, leaving some states pondering making them mandatory. This is not a new issue, and yes, mandatory vaccinations are constitutional.
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Trump’s Pardons Are the Most Corrupt of Any President
Pardons have been controversial from the beginning. But in the last few decades, presidents have used them for political and
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The Universe Is Being Ripped Apart
Einstein’s Relativity tells us the speed of light is the universal speed limit. Distant galaxies, though, are moving away from us much faster due to the expansion of spacetime, which will eventually rip the universe apart.
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Happiness Is Created, Not Found
The pursuit of long-lasting happiness is almost entirely mental. Happiness from external stimuli is fleeting due to the peculiarities of human neurochemistry.
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There Are No Green Stars
When astrophysicists peer into the universe, they see a rainbow spectrum of stars, from cooler red ones on one side to hotter blue ones on the other. In the center of the spectrum, they should see green stars, but they don’t due to the nature of stars and the limitations of the human eye.
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The Unexplained Efficiency of Photosynthesis
Plants convert sunlight into energy with 99% efficiency, but biologists are puzzled because classical mechanics suggests this should be far less. A quantum phenomenon known as superposition might be the solution to the riddle.
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The Sun Isn’t Hot Enough to Shine
Nuclear fusion requires 100 million degrees kelvin, yet the Sun’s core can only reach 15 million. How then does it create light? A quantum phenomena known as quantum tunneling is the answer.
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Trump Is the Reason for States’ Rights
Trump’s tumultuous presidency reminded us yet again why the rights of the states need to be protected against an encroaching federal government. In only 4 years, the states sued his administration 138 times, far more than any other president.
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Dirty Solution to a Cleaner Future: Soil Carbon Sequestration
As atmospheric CO2 levels continue to climb, scientists are becoming interested in soil carbon sequestration, in which excess carbon is put back in the ground where it came from.
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Ratf**ked: How the ‘Unitary Executive’ Can Manipulate an Election
Ratf**k: “a term used by Richard Nixon’s campaign insiders to describe electoral fraud and dirty tricks they used against their opponents.”
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Pseudoscience Is the Real Pandemic
Some people will believe anything because they can’t tell the difference between real science and pseudoscience. Not only have these people held back humanity, they have gotten people killed. Enough already.
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Is the Human Animal Still Evolving?
Human evolution is still happening, and there’s ample evidence to prove it.
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Gravity is the Universe’s Problem Child
From Aristotelian physics to Newtonian mechanics, from Einstein’s Relativity to string theory, the more we learn about gravity the less it wants to follow our rules.
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The Brutal Persecution and Murder of 1000s of Journalists
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost,” -Thomas Jefferson, 1786
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The Imaginary Mathematician Who Fixed Math
Nicolas Bourbaki never existed by he changed the course of mathematics.
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Meet Perseverance, NASA’s New Mars Rover
With a launch date of mid-August 2020, Perseverance is set to join its 4 predecessors–Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity–on the
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Microplastics in the Food Chain
Microplastics have been found at the top of mountains, at the bottom of the ocean, in the atmosphere, in tap
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How Trump Buried the National Debate With Logical Fallacies
Donald Trump is an expert at making people’s heads spin by employing several well-known logical fallacies. Because of him, debate
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Colonizing Mars Is a Terrible Idea
Mars is surprisingly hostile to humans. With global storms, magnetic micro-dust, harmful radiation, freezing temperatures–just to name a few–the surface
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The Milky Way Should Be Full of Intelligent Civilizations
Plugging new measurements into the famous Drake Equation suggests our galaxy should be bustling with activity.
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Dissecting Fascism: A Warning
“We are not required to believe that fascist movements can only come to power in an exact replay of the scenario of Mussolini and Hitler. All that is required to fit our model is polarization, deadlock, mass mobilization against internal and external enemies, and complicity by existing elites.”
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Human Superstitions Explained By Pigeons
Superstitions created by humans are similar to those created by other species, although much more complex.
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Want to Live Forever? Lengthen Your Telomeres
Living forever is simply about finding ways to not only stop your telomeres from shortening but employing new–and perhaps controversial–methods to make them longer.
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The Triple Bottom Line Might Fix Capitalism
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” -Adam Smith
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Your Stimulus Check Is Not Free Money
Your stimulus check is necessary to keep the economy moving and to help you and your family make it through the pandemic. However, on the other side, consequences might be waiting.
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Feeding The World With Power-To-Protein
Power-to-protein, a method in which a small amount of energy is used to turn basic ingredients into a large amount protein, might be the answer to world hunger and environmental destruction.
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Epigenetics: Your Behavior Affects Your Children’s DNA
You are making decisions today that will affect future generations, just as you are affected by the myriad of decisions made by your ancestors.
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect Explains Why Society Is So Screwed-Up
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
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The Allure of Blue Energy
River mouths hold an immense amount of unused energy from the chemical process that occurs when freshwater meets seawater.
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Wave Power Might Be Feasible After All
It’s a simple idea: take the incessant, rhythmic movement of the ocean’s surface and turn it into a usable form of energy. And why shouldn’t we?
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Nature Has Profound Effects On Your Brain
People are more disconnected from nature than ever before, and science has shown this is changing how we think and feel.
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Meditation Causes Physical Changes In The Brain
Scientists continue to find evidence that meditation causes physical changes in the brain.
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Autonomous Spacecraft Are the Next Step for NASA and the ESA
Both NASA and the ESA have a lot of ambitious plans on the horizon, yet none of these are feasible without autonomous spacecraft that can “think” on their own.
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Moon Dust Is The Key To A Sustainable Moon Colony
The European Space Agency can now turn moon dust into oxygen and 3-D printed building materials.
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Graphene Catches Elusive EM Frequencies, Filling The Terahertz Gap
Because of its amazing properties, graphene allows researchers to use mysterious frequencies in the EM spectrum.
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The Government Wants To Keep Your Identity Safe With Blockchain
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the US Department of Commerce, recently published a white paper, in which they proposed blockchain as a solution to data breaches.
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