This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change evolved from nonpartisan topic to divisive issue. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Darth Vader never said, “Luke I am your father.” So why do we all think he did? Here’s the science behind this strange phenomenon—and how AI is poised to send it into overdrive. Cape Town street art ...

In 1961, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz was inputting numbers into a weather prediction program. His model was based on a dozen variables, the value of one being .506127. When he ran the model again, ...

Taylor Swift has sung "When I walk in the room, I can still make the whole place shimmer." Shimmer in gold. Because everything she touches, and everywhere she goes, turns to just that. She's a ...

Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But with any newly popular device, it can be easy to immediately jump onto the ...

Assembled entirely from archival footage, this potent documentary, playing the Telluride Film Festival, charts how U.S. policy on climate change morphed from serious good intentions to outright denial ...

The entourage effect is a theory that purports the synergistic effect of combining compounds in the cannabis plant. It suggests that using them together may provide more significant health benefits.

Like the burnt toast theory, the butterfly effect isn't just some buzzword trending on TikTok. At its core, the theory is a powerful reminder that you can have more influence over your life than you ...

Blease, Ph.D., . Bernstein, Ph.D., Locher, Ph.D., and Brown, M.D. are authors of the book The Nocebo Effect: When Words Make You Sick “You may feel a sharp pinch, but it will all be over quickly.” ...

In the iconic “Psycho” shower scene, extreme close-ups of a terror-stricken woman’s face are juxtaposed with shots depicting a knife-wielding intruder. Although no actual violence is shown onscreen, ...