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We’re In A Global Helium Shortage — Why Are We Using It For Balloons?

Scientists say the global supply of helium will be gone in 30 years. Should we really be using it for Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloons?

By Savannah Cox • Nov 25, 2015

We’re In A Global Helium Shortage — Why Are We Using It For Balloons?

Scientists say the global supply of helium will be gone in 30 years. Should we really be using it for Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloons?

By Savannah Cox • November 25, 2015

The Unbelievable Life Of Edwin Hubble And His Contributions To Astrophysics

From multiple bachelors and graduate degrees to serving in World War 1. The multilingual mathematician, physicist, and astronomer led quite the life.

By Nickolaus Hines • Nov 20, 2015

The Unbelievable Life Of Edwin Hubble And His Contributions To Astrophysics

From multiple bachelors and graduate degrees to serving in World War 1. The multilingual mathematician, physicist, and astronomer led quite the life.

By Nickolaus Hines • November 20, 2015

Corrupted Blood: How Epidemiologists Use World Of Warcraft To Save Lives

Discover what a video game has to teach top researchers about epidemics, death, and human behavior.

By Callie Stewart • Nov 19, 2015

Corrupted Blood: How Epidemiologists Use World Of Warcraft To Save Lives

Discover what a video game has to teach top researchers about epidemics, death, and human behavior.

By Callie Stewart • November 19, 2015

What’s Inside The Time Capsule Of Humanity We Made For Aliens

From photos to rock records, these are the surprising things we're offering up to any aliens we may find in order to explain the human race

By Nickolaus Hines • Nov 13, 2015

What’s Inside The Time Capsule Of Humanity We Made For Aliens

From photos to rock records, these are the surprising things we're offering up to any aliens we may find in order to explain the human race

By Nickolaus Hines • November 13, 2015

Why The World’s Greatest Minds Think Artificial Intelligence Is Humanity’s Greatest Threat

In 2014, the United States was feeling a sense of renewed vigor from the Edward Snowden revelations. It had been a year since the first top–secret NSA documents were published, Snowden was being charged under the Espionage Act, the U.S. government was trying to extradite him from Russia and Wired...

By Nickolaus Hines • Nov 10, 2015

Why The World’s Greatest Minds Think Artificial Intelligence Is Humanity’s Greatest Threat

In 2014, the United States was feeling a sense of renewed vigor from the Edward Snowden revelations. It had been a year since the first top–secret NSA documents were published, Snowden was being charged under the Espionage Act, the U.S. government was trying to extradite him from Russia and Wired...

By Nickolaus Hines • November 10, 2015

Inside A Black Hole: Six Surreal Things That Might Happen

Be it time travel or, god forbid, spaghettification, these are six leading theories on what might happen to a person if they go inside a black hole.

By John Kuroski • Nov 10, 2015

Inside A Black Hole: Six Surreal Things That Might Happen

Be it time travel or, god forbid, spaghettification, these are six leading theories on what might happen to a person if they go inside a black hole.

By John Kuroski • November 10, 2015

Meet The Dakotaraptor: Feathered, Winged And Lethal

Dakotaraptor, a new dinosaur species discovered in South Dakota, is a far larger relative of the Velociraptor.

By Nickolaus Hines • Nov 6, 2015

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Meet The Dakotaraptor: Feathered, Winged And Lethal

Dakotaraptor, a new dinosaur species discovered in South Dakota, is a far larger relative of the Velociraptor.

By Nickolaus Hines • November 6, 2015

Hungarian Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis Pioneered Hand-Washing — Then Was Institutionalized For It

After Ignaz Semmelweis first advocated for hand-washing to fight infection in the 1840s, doctors had him committed to an asylum. He soon died there from an infection in his hand.

By John Kuroski • Nov 5, 2015

Hungarian Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis Pioneered Hand-Washing — Then Was Institutionalized For It

After Ignaz Semmelweis first advocated for hand-washing to fight infection in the 1840s, doctors had him committed to an asylum. He soon died there from an infection in his hand.

By John Kuroski • November 5, 2015

Your World This Week, Nov. 2-Nov. 8

Your primer on climate change this week: Antarctica is actually gaining ice (but scientists aren’t jumping for joy), rising temperatures may make the Persian Gulf uninhabitable by 2090, increasing temperatures mean falling wages, and carbon dioxide emissions will continue to rise in spite of our best efforts to cut greenhouse...

By John Kuroski • Nov 2, 2015

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Your World This Week, Nov. 2-Nov. 8

Your primer on climate change this week: Antarctica is actually gaining ice (but scientists aren’t jumping for joy), rising temperatures may make the Persian Gulf uninhabitable by 2090, increasing temperatures mean falling wages, and carbon dioxide emissions will continue to rise in spite of our best efforts to cut greenhouse...

By John Kuroski • November 2, 2015

The GMO Foods Controversy: What It Is And Why It’s All Wrong

The raging controversy over GMO foods has both sides up in arms. But does either one truly understand what they're even debating?

By Callie Stewart • Nov 1, 2015

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The GMO Foods Controversy: What It Is And Why It’s All Wrong

The raging controversy over GMO foods has both sides up in arms. But does either one truly understand what they're even debating?

By Callie Stewart • November 1, 2015

Out-Of-This-World Space Colonies As Imagined By NASA In The 1970s–And Today

Discover these astounding space colonies designed by NASA in the 1970s and the Mars colony they're plotting now.

By John Kuroski • Oct 22, 2015

Out-Of-This-World Space Colonies As Imagined By NASA In The 1970s–And Today

Discover these astounding space colonies designed by NASA in the 1970s and the Mars colony they're plotting now.

By John Kuroski • October 22, 2015