Consciousness is everything we know, everything we experience. The mystery at the heart of consciousness lies in why our ...

(via TEDEd) You’re just one history final away from a relaxing spring break. But you still have so much to study! You decide ...

Earth's orbit is getting crowded with junk. And that's becoming a major problem. Starting with Sputnik I in 1957, humanity ...

The widespread use of digital screens in early childhood raises growing concerns about the impact of blue light on sleep ...

Data collected by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is in conflict with predictions based on the hypothesis of dark matter ...

AI is driving a transformation across all fields of science, from developing drugs for incurable diseases and improving the ...

In its prime, Cahokia was a prosperous city with a population similar to London’s. But this sprawling Native American ...

(via Be Smart) For centuries, diamonds were one of the most mysterious materials on Earth. They were beautiful, indestructible, and completely unexplained. Today, we’re exploring how scientists ...

Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life.

(via NASA JPL) From the archives of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this short film from 1977 describes the mission of the two Voyager spacecraft before they launched on their journey to Jupiter and ...

(via PBS Space Time) Every good nerd knows that E=mc^2. Every great nerd knows that, really, E^2=m^2c^4+p^2c^2 Want to know what that even means? Sure, I’ll tell you, but today I’d like to invite you ...

When spring arrives, so do warnings about thunderstorm asthma. But a decade ago, most of us hadn’t heard of it. So where did ...