If you’ve ever taken part in the armchair sport of fantasy football and found yourself at the top of your league’s standings at the end of the season, a new study suggests your performance — however far removed from any actual playing field — was likely based on skill rather than luck.
Financial giants can have a pivotal role for climate stability
Banks, pension funds and other institutional investors have a key role to play in efforts to avoid dangerous climate change. A limited number of these investors have considerable influence over the Amazon rainforest and boreal forests that are known ‘tipping elements’ in the climate system. Protecting these ‘tipping elements’ should be a priority for investors to help reduce both climate change and systemic financial risks created by it.
Modern slavery promotes overfishing
Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are ‘hidden subsidies’ that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing.
New analysis about synchronization transitions improves knowledge of physical, biological systems
In physical, biological and technological systems, the time that a system’s components take to influence each other can affect the transition to synchronization, an important finding that improves understanding of how these systems function, according to a new study.
Through Personal Testament, ‘Why Religion?’ Explores Belief In The 21st Century
Distinguished scholar of Christianity Elaine Pagels sets out to explain why religion is still around today, through the lens of her lived tragedies — the deaths of her son and husband 30 years ago.
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Kindle Paperwhite Review (2018): Our Favorite E-Reader Gets Better
The new device has a sleeker design, more storage, an updated processor—and now it’s waterproof.
Which Amazon Fire Tablet Is Best for You?
These are the Best Amazon Fire tablets. Do you use it around the house? Is it for your kids? Should you buy the Fire HD 8, the Fire HD 10, or another model? We’ve got the answers.
‘King Kong’ On Broadway Is The 2,400-Pound Gorilla In The Room
In a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 people to operate. He’s an engineering marvel — and also basically a giant monkey puppet.
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Better Late Than Never: Buzz Aldrin Has Announced That He Forgot To Tell Anyone He Saw A Fox On The Moon
Almost 50 years after the first moon landing, one of the Apollo 11 astronauts is just now coming forward with some brand-new details about his experiences on the historic mission: Buzz Aldrin has announced that he forgot to tell anyone that he saw a fox on the moon.
New Satellites Will Use Radio Waves to Spy on Ships and Planes
This month, HawkEye 360 will send up satellites that monitor the radio transmissions of ships, planes and other things on Earth, allowing them to be tracked by their communications.