How many Americans are of British descent? It's a surprisingly difficult question to answer. Is that because, in an age of hyphenated identities, the founding one still is the default? Or has that identity become so amalgamated that it is now irrelevant? Perhaps the correct answe … | Continue reading
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It marks the first time a plant has been grown on the moon. | Continue reading
A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real. | Continue reading
Northwestern University researchers discover the unexpected origins of half the atoms in our bodies. | Continue reading
The Black Death was a ruthless killer – and, if you were lucky, a swift one. Its more fortunate victims "ate lunch with their friends, and dinner with their ancestors in paradise," wrote Giovanni Boccaccio, who lived through the initial wave of the Plague as it struck Italy in th … | Continue reading
When Alexa replied to my question about the weather by tacking on 'Have a nice day,' I immediately shot back 'You too,' and then stared into space, slightly embarrassed. | Continue reading
From "if-by-whiskey" to the McNamara fallacy, being able to spot logical missteps is an invaluable skill. | Continue reading
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The U.S. has a talent shortage and the formerly incarcerated have paid their debt to society. Let's solve two problems with one idea. | Continue reading
Researchers confirmed that the mummy known as Takabuti died from a stab wound to the back. | Continue reading
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Meteorologists propose a stunning new explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle. | Continue reading
The idea that celestial objects exist within utterly immense cosmic structures is becoming inescapable. | Continue reading
When facing a tough decision, it pays to trust your gut. | Continue reading
Advancing space travel generally involves building more powerful and efficient engines for space vehicles like rockets or shuttles. But what if instead of an individual spacecraft, you took our whole solar system on a ride through the galaxy by moving the sun? Such is the not-too … | Continue reading
A growing body of research suggests that the "clinical pessimism" over treating psychopathy is unwarranted. | Continue reading
A long-ridiculed theory about humankind's early leap of consciousness is revived. | Continue reading
Beyond the microchip lies quantum computing. Beyond that lies quark-scale computing, made from materials a billion billion billion times smaller than the current computational scale. | Continue reading
A new paper suggests that the mysterious X17 subatomic particle is indicative of a fifth force of nature. | Continue reading
It's one of our five major personality traits, and arguably, it's the worst one. Why are some human beings neurotic? | Continue reading
It's important to challenge "good enough" explanations. | Continue reading
When the protection of academic freedom is compromised, scholarship and greater society suffer the effects. | Continue reading
Maybe it's time to show this report your employer? | Continue reading
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren. | Continue reading
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light. | Continue reading
After a comprehensive study, researchers came to a startling conclusion. | Continue reading
The under-recognized condition affects workers in offices across the globe. | Continue reading
Philosopher Nick Bostrom's "singleton hypothesis" predicts the future of human societies. | Continue reading
As the American loneliness epidemic reaches alarming new heights, one artist theorizes on what connection might look like in the future. | Continue reading