Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
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The researchers rebuked writers, scholars, and public figures for lazily perpetuating the notion of widespread gender bias in academic science.
Chloé Valdary — founder of Theory of Enchantment — explores two essential practices for generating the team “magic” that drove Apple under Steve Jobs.
Hybrid animals emerge when two different species from the same family reproduce. For many years, the kunga’s lineage was just another genetic mystery.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
Six hundred years in the history of trousers.
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
Man does not live by measurement alone.
With the invention of the leap year, the Julian calendar was used worldwide for over 1500 years. Over time, it led only to catastrophe.
Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
The amygdala can hijack your brain's response if it recognizes past trauma in a current situation. To regain control, simply press pause.
In an excerpt from her recent book, the behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden carefully explores a topic that's often considered taboo: how genetics affect life outcomes.
"Less is better" is not a catchy marketing slogan, but one doctor who didn't shower for five years thinks there's a lot of truth to it.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
The Athenian rich paid their taxes because they craved the social success of being perceived as "useful."
In special relativity, the statement that two events happened at the same time is meaningless.
The Universe is an amazing place. Under the incredible, infrared gaze of JWST, it's coming into focus better than ever before.
It's like combining Google Translate with a time machine.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.
We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
It's not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of reality.
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
NASA is creating a planet habitability index, and Earth may not be at the top. With our current data, ranking habitability is guesswork.
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.