The Science of Risk Aversion in Science

Almost every customer who comes in is here to pick up Puff Bars — Cool Mint, Lychee Ice, Blue Razz...

There are a handful of obvious goals we should have for humanity’s longterm future...

This is rest? This is unconsciousness?

Unfortunately, quantum mechanics defies common sense...

Cultivate plants that attract and support pollinators...

Some cosmologists believe a previous, cold dark empty universe like the one which lies in our far future could have been the source of our very own Big Bang...

For most of our evolutionary history, we did indeed live in Africa – but not just the eastern savannas, as previously thought...

That thing? It’s just a monster living in Microsoft’s basement. And it’s wearing someone’s face...

During the 1800s, Western culture morphed its distaste for olfaction into a belief that the human sense of smell was mediocre and superfluous...

If he obeyed a voice command – to sit, stay or roll over – I was supposed to scratch his head and say, “good dog”...

Many SETI scientists now agree with UFOers that the first alien detection plausibly could occur within our own solar system...

Improvisation was part of the technological expedition: a mule was responsible for the Danjon telescope while the astronomer lit a fire to make some smoke...

Does the universe have a beginning in time? If so, is it an argument for theism?

The Starship cabin is not ultimately intended for trips “under an hour,” but in fact for journeys of multiple months...

Just like the nuclear revolution, the possible ramifications of the quantum revolution reach far beyond the spheres of academia and may become instrumental in security and warfare...