Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ We’ve Learned a Lot About Great Whites | Science

A great white shark cruises through Atlantic waters. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild via Getty Images Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth between 66 million and 245 million years ago, sharks patrolled the ocean. For more than 400 million years, sharks have lived through multiple mass extinctions in habitats ranging from tropical coral reefs to… Continue reading Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ We’ve Learned a Lot About Great Whites | Science

What We’ve Learned Through Sports Psychology Research | Science

Sports psychology research has increased dramatically in the last decade or so.  Knowable Magazine Since the early years of this century, it has been commonplace for computerized analyses of athletic statistics to guide a baseball manager’s choice of pinch hitter, a football coach’s decision to punt or pass, or a basketball team’s debate over whether… Continue reading What We’ve Learned Through Sports Psychology Research | Science

The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Venus | Science

One of the main arguments for studying other planets is for what they can tell us about Earth. Did or do they harbor life? What clues can they offer about our planet’s past? If scientists want to investigate an Earth-like planet, one convenient opportunity is Venus. “Venus is the exoplanet next door,” says Suzanne Smrekar,… Continue reading The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Venus | Science

David Harbour Teases Stranger Things’ ‘Moving’ End: It’s ‘Bigger Than Anything We’ve Done’

David Harbour gave Stranger Things fans a few hints about what to expect from the hit series’ mind-flaying conclusion in an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Harbour revealed the cast was already sent scripts for the upcoming season, which he described as “terrific, as per usual.” The drafts were handed out prior to… Continue reading David Harbour Teases Stranger Things’ ‘Moving’ End: It’s ‘Bigger Than Anything We’ve Done’