The most unbelievably simple trick to improve your memory
Try ignoring it
Tuesday, Mar 1, 2016 10:30 AM UTC 0All Salon Scientific American, Science
All Salon Scientific American, Science
Science
All Salon Scientific American, Science
I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath
I clerked for Scalia, certain he prized reason. From our leather chairs, we never saw the lives his rulings gutted
Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 1:00 PM UTC 0Life Life stories, Antonin Scalia
The science behind facepalming: Why you make breathtakingly stupid mistakes
New research suggests there are three distinct types of action that bring palm to face
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2016 10:30 AM UTC 0Social Scientific American, Psychology
Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal
Zoltan Istvan wants to enliven America’s technological advancement by combining humans with machines
Friday, Feb 19, 2016 4:41 PM UTC 0Elections Politics
Does your dog love you?
Dog love is all the rage nowadays, and oxytocin (the supposed "love hormone") is a big part of the conversation
Thursday, Feb 18, 2016 10:45 AM UTC 0Social Scientific American, dogs
Enough with the vertical farming fantasies: There are still too many unanswered questions about the trendy practice
In addition to not feeding the masses, vertical farming could have grave environmental and economic consequences
Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0Innovation AlterNet, vertical farming
The science of swooning: We don’t really know why some kisses lead to back kicks, toe curls and weak knees
The world is split in two camps — those who have kicked a single foot up when kissed, and those who haven't
Sunday, Feb 14, 2016 8:30 PM UTC 0Life relationships, Love, Sex
The GOP just despises science: No, really — why would Trump, Rubio and Cruz rather live in a sizzling hellscape than face reality?
Don't take our word for it. You might listen to the world's most distinguished scientists and intellectuals, though
Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 3:45 PM UTC 0Sustainability Science, Climate Change
Save us, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!: The Flat Earth movement is back with a vengeance
Eccentric hip hop star B.o.B. is even committed to the cause, amplifying what was once a theory for secret weirdos
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016 5:26 PM UTC 0Entertainment Music, Science
Our real Sarah Palin nightmare: We debate sideshows and phony problems — while this very real threat looms undiscussed
While we waste time debating whether science is real, a terrifying biodiversity loss continues under our noses
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 10:58 AM UTC 0Sustainability Climate Change, Science
This is how science lost God: Atheism, evolution and the long road to Richard Dawkins’ latest Twitter controversy
The roots of today's battles over atheism, science, religion and climate change actually date back centuries
Sunday, Jan 17, 2016 5:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Books, Religion, Science, Creation
Pot smoking’s been connected to everything from lowered IQ to mental illness. Where’s the truth?
A careful look at the science around the worst of the claims about weed reveals many of the fears to be overblown
Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 11:57 PM UTC 0Innovation marijuana, AlterNet, Science
“Tequila crazy” and “martini maudlin”: Do different kinds of alcohol give us a different buzz?
Well, booze is booze, but there are 3 possibilities for why you might seem to get drunker from a shot than a beer
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2016 11:58 PM UTC 0Innovation AlterNet, Alcohol, Science
Please, Republicans, believe in science again: We need this climate deal, and can’t do it without you
If the right keeps fighting science, the Paris accord will collapse in mere years. And that would be a disaster
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 12:58 PM UTC 0Innovation Climate Change, Global Warming
Could air pollution contribute to the obesity epidemic?
Dirty air is thought to cause a number of negative reactions in the body, including metabolic disorders
Monday, Dec 21, 2015 11:57 PM UTC 0News AlterNet, Air pollution, Obesity
Can brain science tell us more than the Quran about why young, non-religious Somali Americans would want to kill and die in Syria for ISIS?
Disaffected Somali American youth who don't find the connection they long for may be susceptible to ISIS recruiters
Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 2:00 PM UTC 0Innovation isis, homegrown terrorism
What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect”
Salon talks to a Harvard cosmologist about the theory behind her new book “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs"
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015 9:30 PM UTC 0Entertainment Physics, dark matter, Dinosaurs
Fracking is still not the answer: Gas will not solve the climate-warming problem
Shale gas has become plentiful and cheap, with an economic advantage over renewables -- but not a scientific one
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015 8:30 PM UTC 0Sustainability fracking, Greenhouse gases
What the hell’s wrong with us? Autism, vaccines and why some people believe Jenny McCarthy over every doctor
There are reams of scientific literature, and then the comfort of conspiracy theory. Why do we favor the latter? VIDEO
Sunday, Nov 29, 2015 5:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Video, vaccines, anti-vaxxers
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