Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry. Research shows mindfulness can be an…
A new window to the early universe (and aliens?)
Astrophysicists anxiously await the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope,…
The cruelest people in Russian history
If there is one thing that Russia scholars can agree on, it is the poor quality of lea…
Big Tech and privacy: Apple flirts with the "dark side"
Compared to other Big Tech companies, Apple has been the poster child of privacy prote…
What happens when two different respiratory viruses infect the same cell?
Right now, there's just one virus on everyone's minds: SARS-CoV-2, the virus th…
How to understand Einstein's equation for general relativity
The Einstein field equations appear very simple, but they encode a tremendous amount o…
What really happens when your foot goes to sleep?
Imagine you've just sat down to watch your favorite TV show. You decide to snuggle …