Britney Spears and the History of Controlling Women via ‘Insanity’ Claims
Before the pop star's conservatorship, men have long used the legal and medical system to subjugate women deemed as unruly. ...read more
Month: July 2021
It’s Time to Rethink the Cob House
Between its thermal properties and low environmental impact, this ancient building material has modern potential. ...read more
Our Radio Signals Have Now Reached 75 Star Systems That Can See Us Too
We have been broadcasting for over 100 years. Now a new 3D map of the galaxy reveals the stars these signals have reached that can also see Earth. ...read more
The Search for Alien Artifacts Begins
Avi Loeb's Galileo Project plans to hunt the solar system for signs of technology from intelligent, extraterrestrial civilizations. ...read more
Why Alone Time Carries a Stigma (Even If It Feels Great)
Worries about what other people think about us can ruin our alone time. ...read more
This Cyclic Model of the Universe Has Cosmologists Rethinking the Big Bang
Meet the Big Crunch: In this theory on the origins of the universe, the Big Bang was not the beginning, but a repeating pattern of expansion and contraction. ...read more
The Ocean Twilight Zone’s Mysterious ‘False Bottom’
When sonar detected a massive object hundreds of meters below the water, operators suspected sunken islands. It was actually the deep scattering layer. ...read more
Can Virtual Reality Teach Empathy?
A growing body of research finds that people can better understand one another by (virtually) walking in others’ shoes. ...read more
New Evidence Suggests Apollo 11’s Lunar Ascent Module Could Still Be Orbiting the Moon
NASA assumed the Eagle module eventually crashed into the Moon. Now a new analysis suggests it is still up there and might even be detectable from Earth. ...read more
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