Ethan Siegel
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Viewpoint: ‘Organic crops are healthier than GMOs,’ and 6 other anti-science myths we should forget
As much as we hate to acknowledge it, many of the once-viable ideas that are swimming around in the memory ...

We have 4 ways to search for alien life. Where should we focus our resources?
There are, right now, four ways to search for alien life, ranging from the most passive to the most active ...

There are 3 types of alien life we might find out there
Our existence here is proof enough that it can happen. We can imagine that if life comes to exist anywhere else ...

Viewpoint: Universe started with a bang, will end with a frigid ‘slow, gradual death’
When will our universe reach the point of maximum entropy? And what other possibilities exist for our universe in the ...

Only you: What are the odds of your unique existence?
In order for you to exist, a great many unlikely events needed to unfold in exactly the way that they ...