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by Paul Ratner – KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on October 12th, experts warned that the greatest existential threat to the country may come from the detonation of a nuclear EMP bomb. It could kill as many …
by Philip Perry – Say you’re engrossed in a task, scrolling through your phone or reading a book. Suddenly that creepy, prickly feeling grabs hold of you. Someone’s staring. You turn to find out who it is. Be they friend or foe, the …
Michael Irving – A set of fossilized human-like footprints in Greece may end up rewriting the story of human evolution (Credit: Andrzej Boczarowski) We share plenty of features with apes, but the shape of our feet isn’t one of them. So that …
Defendants allegedly took millions of dollars from consumers seeking help with paying debts and personal expenses. At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has halted a telemarketing scheme that took at least $3 million from consumers, including elderly and disabled persons, …
by Frank Jacobs – In country morphology, rectangularity and rotundity are not entirely mutually exclusive. Take look at a map of Turkey and you’ll have to agree: it’s a curiously box-shaped country. Why is the wrong question. Like most international borders, Turkey’s are …
by Derek Beres – The consequences of our actions are more far-reaching than we imagine. Consider the microbial world—the world we all actually inhabit. In his book, I Contain Multitudes, science writer Ed Yong points out our mistake in loading up on …
by Stephen Johnson – One of the most effective things Americans can do to curb greenhouse gas emissions is surprisingly simple: eat beans instead of beef. A recent study showed that if every American made the switch, the U.S. could achieve between 46 …
by Evan Fleischer – The flag of Asgardia, Wikimedia Commons. If you believe that the technology to live in space will be available to you within your lifetime; if you agree with the political philosophy outlined by the ‘World Passport’; if you find …
A wholphin? A dhale? It’s actually called a… by Stephen Johnson – Kimberly A. Wood under Cascadia Research Collective NMFS permit 20605. Scientists have discovered a rare hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in waters near Kauai, Hawaii. The discovery, …
Lila MacLellan – Listen for it. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandle) The next time you catch yourself smiling during a phone conversation, just because, ask the person on the other end of the line whether they’re smiling, too. According to a small study from …
