We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construct of the brain. If that didn’t blow your ...

The great sci-fi writer Arthur Clarke once wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” and he was largely right. For example, can you accurately describe how your ...

Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

Anyone can do a simple experiment. Navigate to a search engine that offers suggested completions for what you type, and start typing “scientists believe.” When I did it, I got suggestions about the ...

Triptych conceptual photo collage with a masked researcher holding a vial; a glass pipette dripping into a sample tube; and two researchers at a lab bench with petri dishes and an Erlenmeyer flask. We ...

"Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact." This quote, attributed to Isaac Asimov, captures science's intricate relationship with science fiction. And it is hardly a one-way relationship.

But for every incredible scientific breakthrough, there also comes some pretty frightening ones too. Last time, people shared the scientific facts that completely freaked them out, and you all had so ...