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What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.
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Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.
The hangover “cures” on the market don’t work. A new hydrogel does.
It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.
Once activated, the CRISPR-Cas12a2 system goes on a rampage, chopping up DNA and RNA indiscriminately, causing cell death.
Evolutionary game theory could tip the advantage to medicine.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
Living at a higher elevation is a double-edged sword.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
Stem cells from a fetus can live within the mother for decades — and help her heal.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
Poor research can be worse than no research at all.
About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history…or is it?
AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.
The lack of friendship is particularly a problem for men. But there are easy ways to make friends.
Teller and Sagan debated fiercely over nuclear proliferation. But was the conflict as personal as it was intellectual for Teller?
From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around.
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.
Successful alpha leadership is more about caring and healing than dog-eat-dog supremacy.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
Genetic profiles of many dog breeds appear as if siblings mated.
The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
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