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Why everyone can — and should — learn quantum mechanics
Scott Bembenek, PhD
It's not rocket science — it's a fundamental part of how our world works, and not as complex as you might fear
Maybe the “lizard brain” isn’t so different from ours after all
James R. Howe VI
Are our brains vastly different from those of reptiles? Not as much as all that, according to recent neuroscience
Star swings around black hole, tests gravity
Camille M. Carlisle
Astronomers have seen a star’s light redden as it passed our galaxy’s central black hole, as predicted
Animal rights aren’t a priority — and it’s hard to imagine how they could be in a capitalist economy
Matthew Rozsa
An acclaimed neuroscientist's arrest draws attention to the structural inability to prioritize animal rights
Honey, who shrunk the proton?
Keith A. Spencer
An ongoing mystery in sizing up this basic subatomic particle may lead to a major new discovery in physics
Increasing numbers of parents are choosing to “unschool” their kids
Eleanor J. Bader
Homeschooling is on the uptick
Who you gonna call?: Edison’s science of talking to ghosts
Joel Martin, William J. Birnes
In 1920, the famed inventor gathered a group of scientist friends to witness his new experiment: the spirit phone
Why do human beings speak so many languages?
Michael Gavin
People currently speak 7,000 languages around the globe
The one percent always ate us alive: How human sacrifice led to our society’s gross inequality
Kali HollowayAlternet
Elites knew the value of fearmongering even way back when
What the media hides about China’s economic slowdown: Greed has corporate elites turning blind eye to nation’s environmental destruction
Bob Hennelly
Polite society continues to let ecological destruction wrought by unfettered capitalism be somebody else’s problem
Casualties of the vanishing West: How monied interests are forcefully evicting wild horses
Sonia Luokkala
A little-known 2004 amendment to a Nixon-era law allows formerly protected wild mares to be auctioned for slaughter
Brace yourselves, climate change is coming: These 41 areas could be subject to untimely natural disasters
Reynard Loki
Rising surface temperatures due to climate change could ultimately rearrange the planet's ecosystems
Two dwarf stars could shower Earth with comets
Sarah Gray
A computer simulated model predicts that in a quarter of a million years stars could push comets toward Earth
How we beat the 1 percent: This is how the moneyed classes get dethroned
John Lanchester
People with money know how to speak money. To win the debate, we must first learn their language. Here's how
Study: A portion of water on Earth is older than the sun
Joanna Rothkopf
Findings are "critical" to understanding the progression from simple molecules to life-bearing chemistry
Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power
W.R. Klemm
Science has yet to uncover many mysteries of the mind. But there are more reasons than ever why God isn't necessary
Our Neanderthal heritage
Laura Miller
The scientist who sequenced the Neanderthal genome describes his quest to find what makes us human
Tracking honeybees to save them
Julia Scott
Scientists are outfitting the insects with radio transmitters to help identify trouble spots that threaten colonies
Science doesn’t know everything
Jerome Kagan
We understand much about human nature, but scientists are ignoring many important topics, like ethnicity and class
Happiness is the best medicine
Tom Jacobs
New research suggests that mood-enhancing activities can serve as a nutrient for the human body
Are we born with a sense of fairness?
Alan Honick, Gordon Orians
Evolutionary biologists are investigating whether it's a primal instinct dating back to hunter-gatherer societies
Why does the left wing ignore atheists?
Adam Lee
The group consistently polls as the most progressive and has the potential to shake up the political landscape
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