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There may be thousands of undiscovered mammal species in the world. Most are small, like bats and rodents, but there could be primates, too. A lifeline for Bigfoot enthusiasts?
Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
Soviet censorship was thorough yet fallible.
Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.
Bolsheviks planned to erect a towering monument to the socialist cause, but their quixotic ideas never got off the ground.
The president identified developing MCED tests as a priority for the Cancer Moonshot.
UAP are no laughing matter anymore.
We know the Universe is expanding, but scientists don’t agree on the rate. This is a legitimate problem.
Misinterpreted data may be distorting Western predictions about the future of China’s economy.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
Today, we could use Big Data to radically reform democracy. Tomorrow, we could build nanofabricators and usher in an era of abundance. Is society ready?
The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.
A new study suggests that depressed people may prefer a Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan song to one from The Beach Boys or One Direction.
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
There’s a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. Want to beat the speed of light? Try going through a medium!
It’s estimated that one-in-three women and one-in-five men have an episode of major depression by the age of 65.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on beneath the single plate of Mars.
Jupiter’s atmosphere is hotter than it should be, and now we know why.
Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.
Drugs that stifle acute inflammation may prevent the body from healing properly.
How much we enjoy a conversation can all be a matter of timing — specifically, how long it takes us to respond to what was just said.
To enable us to read, the brain piggybacks on other cognitive processes.
In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.
Scientists at the San Diego Zoo are on a mission to resurrect the extinct northern white rhino.
We still don’t know how the information encoded onto it gets out. No matter what you do in the Universe, its overall entropy always increases. Even when we put things in […]
The same brain differences that contribute to left-handedness also contribute to psychotic disorders. But there’s a bright side.
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.