Science

The truth might be out there, but here on earth, we haven’t seen hide nor hair of alien life. Why is that? Well, the general thinking in the world of astronomy, astrophysics, and physics is that logically, we cannot be the only planet where conditions have promoted the evolution of human life. It’s called the...

Did you know that Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe? That’s right, even though we apparently are running out of it here on Earth. It was first discovered on the sun by French astronomer Pierre-Jules-Cesar Janssen in 1868 as a yellow line in the sun’s spectrum while he was observing a...

Depression and other mental illnesses have been getting more and more attention lately, and that’s a VERY good thing. The more able we are as a society to talk about the challenges we face mentally as well as physically, the better we can tackle those things together. Indian artist Yash Pandit is adding to the...

You might never have thought about it before, but 99% of the time you’re walking around, you don’t hear the sound of your own footsteps. The other 1% of the time, something is different – your shoes are wet, you’re wearing heels on a hard floor, etc. – and guess what magical organ you have...

Cat lovers everywhere will tell you that cats are just as expressive – and have just as much desire to communicate with their humans – as dogs. That said, it turns out that even the most avid of cat people might be missing what exactly their feline companions are trying to tell them with their...

As we all painfully remember, spending hours practicing something, say like an instrument, doesn’t necessarily “make perfect.” You can bang away on a piano until your fingers bleed, but you can still sound terrible. That’s why performance expert, K. Anders Ericsson, likes to talk about deliberate practice to help anyone struggling with  mastering anything. In...

You’d pretty much have to have been living under a rock to not have at least heard of the health craze surrounding kombucha. Even if you don’t know exactly what it is, you probably know that people think it’s good for you, right? Enthusiasts claim it aids digestion, boosts the immune system, improves hair and...

Back in 2016, Cameron Scott was playing in his family’s house in North Carolina when, like a lot of kids do, he took a tumble down the stairs. His parents didn’t think about it too much until Cameron started to complain about back pain. His mom and dad took him to the doctor where the...