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Science Archive

Archives for November 2014

Don’t fool yourself about “the other side” — everyone is selfish when it comes to politics
Media

How our age, gender, race, and other demographic factors predict which policies we support.

By Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban
Neuroscience
Telepathy is now possible using current technologyTelepathy is now possible using current technology
Neuroscience

This person moved someone else’s hand just by thinking about it

By Susannah Locke
Space
What aliens can teach us about global warmingWhat aliens can teach us about global warming
Space

What if climate change is a predictable consequence of intelligent life?

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
How scientists are helping blind people see with their earsHow scientists are helping blind people see with their ears
Neuroscience

Bats can see using sonar, and some people can, too.

By Susannah Locke
Science of Everyday Life
Why are peanut allergies on the rise?Why are peanut allergies on the rise?
Science of Everyday Life

How researchers are tracking down the causes — and possible cures — for peanut allergies

By Susannah Locke
Space
After the Virgin Galactic crash, does space tourism still have a future?After the Virgin Galactic crash, does space tourism still have a future?
Space

Some customers are already canceling. But experts are optimistic.

By Joseph Stromberg
Space
This is what it looks like when a new solar system formsThis is what it looks like when a new solar system forms
Space

The most detailed image of a new star system we’ve ever seen.

By Joseph Stromberg
Life
The surprising reason why you get cold when you sleepThe surprising reason why you get cold when you sleep
Life

Thank you, evolution, for making me buy all these blankets.

By Susannah Locke
Neuroscience
Bionic body parts: what’s already here (eyes!) and what’s coming soonBionic body parts: what’s already here (eyes!) and what’s coming soon
Neuroscience

The robotic future is already here.

By Susannah Locke
Culture
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is a preposterous mess that somehow kinda worksChristopher Nolan’s Interstellar is a preposterous mess that somehow kinda works
Culture

Humanity leaves behind a dying Earth to look for new hope among the stars, as Matthew McConaughey cries in close-up.

By Emily St. James

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