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Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
To find the optimal route between many different locations, we need the power of quantum computers.
It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
The study found that people who spoke the same language tended to be more closely related despite living far apart.
Companies can identify you from your music preferences, as well as influence and profit from your behavior.
New research explains why the Moon’s crust is magnetized by debunking one long-standing theory.
The answer seems to be a series of evolutionary trade-offs that help protect organs in women, according to a recent study.
Breakthrough technology uses multiplexing entanglement to make an ultra-secure quantum internet.
Tusks suddenly became a liability, even though in natural circumstances, tusks are very useful.
The mummy was first thought to be a male priest. But a recent radiological analysis revealed a surprising anomaly.
It doesn’t help that Hollywood has cast the ‘coder’ as a socially challenged, type-first-think-later hacker, inevitably white and male.
Measuring a person’s movements and poses, smart clothes could be used for athletic training, rehabilitation, or health-monitoring.
A new interactive documentary “How Normal Am I?” helps reveal the shortcomings of facial recognition technology.
More than 70% of college students procrastinate
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
Chemical energy, where electrons transition in atoms, powers the reactions we see. But two other types hold more promise than all the rest.
From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.
Is college worth it? This question may seem a no-brainer, but there are many reasons why it is worthy of serious deliberation. Here are three.
Researchers devise groundbreaking new methods to create and duplicate single-atom transistors for quantum computers.
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?
Our love-hate relationship with browser tabs drives all of us crazy. There is a solution.
Businesses have learned how to mend the weak spots in free trial marketing.
Albert Einstein and his theory of general relativity continue to amaze us to this day.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Information economics suggests that “no news” means somebody is hiding something. But people are bad at noticing that.