A few thoughts about why we must embrace the hard work of learning.

I’ve largely ignored Loeb for the past few weeks. When he started in on his 3I/ATLAS thing, there were plenty of mainstream media outlets willing to give his claims a wide and credulous platform, and ...

An entertaining tour of the seemingly simple formula guiding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Sub-Neptunes are the most common type of detected exoplanet, yet their observed masses and radii are degenerate with several interior structures. One possibility is that sub-Neptunes have silicate/iro...

Alt: Close up of Frodo's face from Return of the King (the lava of Mt. Doom can be seen in the background). He looks utterly broken and is saying, "It's done."

With just a friend, a phone, and a few Lego bricks, you can accurately measure the size of our planet.

A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.

YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)