Why Is January 1 the Beginning of a New Year?
You can thank Julius Caesar, Pope Gregory XIII and 2,000 years of calendar controversy for our New Year's date and calendar system. Some cultures only recently adopted it. ...read more
You can thank Julius Caesar, Pope Gregory XIII and 2,000 years of calendar controversy for our New Year's date and calendar system. Some cultures only recently adopted it. ...read more
The ethical questions raised by emerging neuro-technologies ...read more
Citizen science has seen significant growth during the pandemic. In 2020, these were the top projects on SciStarter.org. ...read more
Call it the 'polar paradox': warming opens the Arctic to more oil drilling and shipping, which causes yet more warming. ...read more
COVID vaccines can prevent symptoms, but no one knows if they can stop the virus. ...read more