Trust in the medical profession has dramatically declined in recent decades. In 1966, more than 75 percent of Americans had great confidence in medical professionals; today only 34 percent do
Last month, we noted that "hypersonic aircraft and missiles are being developed and tested by the United States, Russia, and China at an accelerating pace." While the race for hypersonic technologies has certainly flourished among global superpow
Two weeks after Goldman reported its worst revenue growth in two years - driven by a 50% plunge in bond trading - the push by the FDIC-backed hedge fund, which has realized that traditional trading just won't cut it any more in a low vol world - into
SENS Research Foundation (SRF), a leading Silicon Valley nonprofit focused on diseases of aging, announced the receipt of a $2.4 million Ethereum donation from Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum and the co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.
In the featured video, professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley's Center for Human Sleep Science and author of the book "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams," shares the latest
In the featured video, professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley's Center for Human Sleep Science and author of the book "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams," shares the latest
While a good shotgun may be more gratifying, a Virginia-based company is marketing a new and improved directed-energy weapon aimed at snuffing wayward quadcopters and the like.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a growing industry, and mining operations continue to compete by making faster chips and purchasing large quantities of land to host data facilities all over the world. Data recorded from around the globe
What would happen if the Earth's magnetic poles literally flipped upside down? If north was south and south was north? Would it just be our compasses going awry or would this result in a catastrophic end for the citizens of Planet Earth? Would a po
Blocking transmissions between different areas in the cortex seems to result in our consciousness vanishing. This also seems to result in strange side effects, such as memory loss and post-anesthesia cognitive impairment.
In tests Almerina - who was blindfolded - was able to tell whether the object she was picking up was hard or soft.
She told me: "The feeling is spontaneous as if it were your real hand; you're finally able to do things that before were difficult
Propaganda and indoctrination have fed us our heroes, and told us all the great things about them. But in reality, most, if not all, of these figures are quite a bit more nuanced, and often much darker than history could admit, and allow, to paint a
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial deployment.
I recently discovered the shocking truth about vision problems and aging.
It was hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador… in a hunter-gatherer tribe whose eyesight never changes with age.
Even the oldest Kawymeno Waorani tribe member
Hydrogen could be a key renewable fuel source in the future, but considering it's the most abundant element in the universe it's surprisingly tricky to produce.
The Achilles heel of cancer has been found. Cancer patients can dispatch Trojan horses into cancer cells and kill them in place without side effect. Cancer cells are vulnerable to changes in the level of intracellular calcium. Subtle changes in ca
In Shanghai, China, physicist Ruxin Li and colleagues are breaking records a pulse laser at the Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast Laser Facility (SULF). At the center is a single cylinder of titanium-doped sapphire about the width of a Frisbee. In 2016
In the early summer of 1914, Albert Einstein was about to start a prestigious new job as Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. The position was a big deal for the 35-year old Einstein- confirmation that he was one of the leading sc
"The shield that protects the Earth from solar radiation is under attack from within. We can't prevent it, but we ought to prepare…" is the ominous sub-headline of a worrisome new report that shows scientists around the world fearing that the
A team of researchers at the Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MIPT, and elsewhere has found out how the regularity of polypropylene molecules and thermal treatment affect the mechanical properties of the en
After nearly seven years of varying concepts, redesigns, and delays, SpaceX is poised to launch the Falcon Heavy rocket next week on its maiden flight. Last week, SpaceX performed a hold-down firing of the massive rocket's 27 engines, creating a to
It's been a turbulent year for the NFL. Ratings plummeted 12 percent in the regular season, even more during the playoffs. It's hard to know what hurt the league more, its public feuding with the White House over players protesting police brutali
Virtual reality has provided a free zone for cybersex, porn, and trolling. But that same freedom, D.J Soto believes, can also provide a place where sinners and the saved can come together for an open and profound conversation about faith
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease that destroys skin pigment, leaving areas of skin looking like they've been bleached white. Although things like steroid creams may help in some cases, often there isn't much that can be done.
Some children are better at paying attention than others. Some can cope with, or even enjoy, a school classroom setting. Some kids have more energy than others. Some are good at following directions, and some are easily distracted.