The heart’s rhythms may play a larger role in shaping psychedelic experiences than previously thought.
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As wind power grows around the world, so does the threat the turbines pose to wildlife. From simple fixes to high-tech solutions, new approaches can help.
Here’s how to appreciate them from a distance.
Noise pollution is terrible for our health, yet we don’t discuss it often enough.
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?
Linguists discover 30 sounds that may have allowed communication before words existed.
The catastrophic birth defect anencephaly affects about 1 in 4,600 pregnancies in the U.S. It is largely preventable with folic acid supplements.
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
A new technique for analyzing networks can tell who wields soft power.
A new theory suggests that dreams’ illogical logic has an important purpose.
All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
Historical geniuses used the “creative nap” to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the “hypnagogic state” can help with problem solving.
Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major (K448) can help reduce seizures in epilepsy patients.
Pluto failed to meet the definition of a planet, but some astronomers think there might be a legitimate Planet 9 out there.
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
It started with a 22-year-old woman, named in papers only as Mrs McK.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
After it became clear that the world wasn’t 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
The planet is making a lot less noise during lockdown.
The Hubble Space Telescope, 32 years after its launch, broke the all-time record for most distant star. It won’t do better.
From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics’ biggest surprise.
Technology designed to listen for atomic bombs can also hear tornadoes.
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.
When what we predict and what we measure don’t add up, that’s a sign there’s something new to learn. Could it be a new fundamental force?
So far, gravitational waves have revealed stellar mass black holes and neutron stars, plus a cosmic background. So much more is coming.
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
Astronomers claim to have found structures so large, they shouldn’t exist. With such biased, incomplete observations, perhaps they don’t.
It’s the origin of our entire observable Universe, but it’s still not the very beginning of everything.