Title of course “Psychology of Pseudoscience” What prompted the idea for the course? While teaching a course on research methods at the United States Air…
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Imagine that a soldier has a tiny computer device injected into their bloodstream that can be guided with a magnet to specific regions of their…
A new type of material can learn and improve its ability to deal with unexpected forces thanks to a unique lattice structure with connections of…
If an alien were to look at Earth, many human technologies – from cell towers to fluorescent light bulbs – could be a beacon signifying…
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over several states and…
On May 12, 2022, astronomers on the Event Horizon Telescope team released an image of a black hole called Sagittarius A* that lies at the…
Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like…
How many intelligent civilizations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2…
The world is a networked place, literally and figuratively. The field of network science is used today to understand phenomena as diverse as the spread…
To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours…