Scientific Tips for Online Dating

The rules to crafting an attractive online dating profile might seem obvious—use your best photos and write a bio that only includes the most interesting aspects of your life. But according to science, there are several subliminal factors that can maximize your online success. Choosing a username that begins with a letter from the first half of the alphabet (A-M) seems to work while sticking …

The Lonely Lost-In-Space Galaxy

NASA has resurfaced a 2013 photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the “Lost-In-Space Galaxy”—officially known as NGC 6503. The lonely planetary system earned its nickname from its location on the edge of the Local Void—an unusually empty section of outer-space that stretches over 150 million light-years across and is somehow vacant of any stars or galaxies. The image of NGC 6503 reveals bright …

How To Illustrate the Internet

They say that only 10% of the internet is accessible to the general public and that the rest is hidden in the “deep web.” But what does this web of visible and invisible internet pages actually look like? Is it three-dimensional or flat, bursting with bright colors or black and white? Depending on who you ask, the answer may vary dramatically. Wired rounds up the …