Why does money exist?
Cash is pretty convenient. Dilok Klaisataporn/EyeEm via Getty Images M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond Curious Kids is a series…
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US and Russia engage in a digital battle for hearts and minds
RT, a Russian government-operated media outlet, is just one of the players in the global information war. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency…
New study seeks to explain the ‘Mandela Effect’ – the bizarre phenomenon of shared false memories
When asked to recall the popular children’s book series ‘The Berenstain Bears,’ many people make the same error by spelling…
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one day save Earth from catastrophe
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted. NASA/JHUAPL/Steve Gribben Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Air University On…
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there
Astronomers think the most likely place to find life in the galaxy is on super-Earths, like Kepler-69c, seen in this…
How to keep kids curious – 5 questions answered
Could schools be putting a damper on children’s curiosity? Jose Luis Pelaez Inc via Getty Images Perry Zurn, American University…
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
A turbulent melt-river pours a million tons of water a day into a moulin, where it flows down through the…
