An innovation's value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
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Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.
This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.
These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.
We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.
Parasites aren’t limited to just worms and ticks. Even some plants like to feed off others — and they perhaps could help fight invasive species.
Lithium-ion batteries pose challenges for our transition toward renewable energy. Sodium-sulfur batteries might be a solution.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
Despite billions of years of life on Earth, humans first arose only ~300,000 years ago. It took all that time to make our arrival possible.
Of the world's 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
Symmetrical objects are less complex than non-symmetrical ones. Perhaps evolution acts as an algorithm with a bias toward simplicity.
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.
Opponents of America's entry into the looming Second World War believed the U.S. would be dismembered.
This year marks 2,000 years since the birth of the Roman author of the first natural encyclopedia.
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?
In the 1960s, politicians and bureaucrats were formulating the Central Arizona Project. Citizens fought back.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Gigantic ranges called "supermountains" formed twice in Earth's history, and they may have had a profound influence on evolutionary history.
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.
There's an entire Universe out there. So, with all that space, all those planets, and all those chances at life, why do we all live here?